Police investigate shooting in 200 block of Walker

Kansas City, Kan., police officers are investigating a shooting at 3:20 a.m. Oct. 10 in the 200 block of Walker Avenue.

When officers responded to a shooting at that time, they found a man in his mid-30s who had been shot multiple times, a police spokesman said. He was inside of a residence, the spokesman said.

He was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, the spokesman said.

Witnesses on the scene were able to give officers information that led to a person of interest being taken into custody, the spokesman said.

The shooting is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.