Gunfire broke out twice within minutes of each other in Raytown Tuesday night, leaving a woman with gunshot wounds after she drove herself to a hospital and prompting police to take a man into custody on unrelated warrants. Officers are still trying to determine exactly what happened at both scenes.
The first call came in around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, when officers responded to a shooting in the 8400 block of Kentucky Avenue near Spring Valley Elementary School, according to kansascity.com. Witnesses told police that occupants of two vehicles, possibly SUVs, exchanged gunfire before fleeing the area. Officers recovered spent shell casings at the scene, but no injuries were reported from that incident.
Second Call Comes In Near City Limits
Just before 10 p.m., another shooting call came in from around East 55th Street and Blue Ridge Cutoff, right at the city limits of Kansas City and Raytown. KMBC reported that police again found spent casings at that scene as they worked to piece together what led to the gunfire.
A woman suffering from gunshot wounds in connection with that incident drove herself to a hospital, where she was listed in stable condition as of Wednesday morning, per the same account. The circumstances that led to her being shot have not been detailed publicly.
Man Taken Into Custody, Investigation Continues
Police took a man into custody on outstanding Raytown municipal warrants, but investigators with the Raytown Police Investigations Unit said they were still looking into whether he had any connection to the shooting. Both incidents remain under investigation, and no further details on potential charges or suspects have been released.
Anyone with information about either shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. KMBC reported that Kansas City police had contacted Raytown police about the woman who transported herself to the hospital following the incident, underscoring how the two departments coordinated across the shared city line as the investigation moved forward.
