Suspects arrested after shooting, chase

Four suspects were arrested in Shawnee, Kansas, after fleeing a shooting scene near North 27th and Delavan Avenue this afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas.

According to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman, officers were in the area of North 27th and Delavan about 4:01 p.m. when they heard several shots fired before patrolling into a shooting in progress.

The officers chased the suspects’ vehicle to the 6300 block of Cottonwood Drive in Shawnee, Kansas.

At the end of the chase, four suspects fled into an apartment, according to the spokesman. With assistance from multiple jurisdictions, officers took all four suspects into custody, the spokesman stated.

Other officers went to 27th and Delavan and found a female shooting victim, the spokesman said. The victim was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.

The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.