Shooting reported on Leavenworth Road

A shooting was reported on Friday morning near 54th and Leavenworth Road, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. The victim of the shooting was in critical condition, police stated. A victim was shot at the parking lot of a grocery store at 54th and Leavenworth Road. Part of the grocery store’s parking lot was taped off.
A grocery store at 55th and Leavenworth Road was closed on Friday morning after reports of a shooting in the parking lot.

Kansas City, Kansas police responded to a shooting about 9:03 a.m. Oct. 11 in the 5400 block of Leavenworth Road, according to a police spokesman.

The shooting victim was a male who had been shot, according to police. The victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, police stated.

According to a police spokesman, the shooting was in the parking lot of the Happy Foods North grocery store at 55th and Leavenworth Road. There was a disturbance in the parking lot before the shooting happened, according to police.

Police stated they have not yet confirmed a motive for the shooting.

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