The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office has identified a victim in Wednesday morning’s shooting inside a residence in the 1500 block of North 55th Drive, a spokesman said.
The victim was Cariya Reed, age 7, a resident of the home, the spokesman stated.
A second shooting victim, a 3-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital where he remains in critical condition, the spokesman stated.
The suspect, Keith Johnson Jr., age 38, also a resident of the home, was discovered deceased inside of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the spokesman.
Based on an initial investigation, Johnson also is suspected of shooting his girlfriend, also a resident of the home, earlier that morning at Welborn Park, 55th and Jodee Lane, according to the spokesman. She remains in critical condition at a hospital, the spokesman stated.
The incident is under investigation by the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit and the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS, according to the spokesman.