A father who was playing basketball with his daughter was shot in the head on Saturday evening at Edgerton Park, according to a sheriff’s spokesman.
Three suspects approached the father and daughter and began fighting, the spokesman stated. The daughter ran for help, and police and EMS were called at 6:45 p.m., according to the spokesman.
The father was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, the sheriff’s spokesman stated.
The suspects are unknown, the spokesman stated.
Authorities are currently investigating the case. Edgerton Park is at North 3rd and Edgerton in Kansas City, Kansas.