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A shooting incidence outside a bar in Kansas City has left 1 person dead and 5 others hurt, according to the Police.
The shooting
took place about 11 p.m. Sunday following a disturbance inside Westport Ale
House, TV stations KCTV and KMBC reported from the scene, citing the Missouri
State Highway Patrol, The Associated Press reports.
Three
off-duty Kansas City officers were reportedly working security at the bar, the
patrol said and they returned fire during the shooting. It is not clear if any
officer was hurt during the incidence.
“In a
situation like this, you can’t really predict something that’s going to happen,
but there were precautions taken by the Ale House,” said highway patrol Sgt.
Bill Lowe, The Associated Press reported.
A Kansas
City police spokesperson said in an email that inquiries about the shooting
that the situation was being handled by the highway patrol and was being
investigated.