Two juveniles arrested in connection with shooting death near 66th and Cleveland

Two juveniles have been arrested in the June 8 shooting death of 15-year-old Kaden Bauswell in the 6600 block of Cleveland Avenue of Kansas City, Kansas.

A Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman stated that the U.S. Marshals Task Force of Omaha and the U.S. Marshals Las Cruces in New Mexico took the juveniles, ages 17 and 16, into custody.

They will face charges in Wyandotte County, the spokesman stated.

Police officers responded shortly before noon on June 8 to the 6600 block of Cleveland, where they discovered Bauswell on a sidewalk, the victim of an apparent shooting, according to the spokesman. He was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. The suspects fled in a vehicle before officers arrived, according to the spokesman.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.