KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating two more homicides in Kansas City, Missouri over the weekend and a deadly officer involved shooting in Kansas City, Kansas.
Just after 3a.m. Saturday, police were dispatched on reports of a disturbance involving a weapon in the area of 12th and Benton Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, according to according to KCPD Officer Alayna Gonzalez.
The call was then updated to a shooting. First responders contacted a person at a nearby business who stated their friend had been shot.
Officers located a man inside of a vehicle later identified as 27-year-old Zachary H. Trivitt unresponsive suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. EMS responded to the scene and declared him deceased.
Just after 9a.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 2600 block of E. 29th Street on a reported sound of shots call, according Gonzalez.
Officers arrived on scene and were summoned into a nearby apartment within the complex stating someone had been shot. Officers located a man unresponsive, and suffering from apparent gunshot trauma. Medical aid was rendered until EMS arrived and could take over. The victim was declared deceased on scene.
The preliminary investigation reveals this incident started over an argument. Police have identified a man as a possible subject of interest and detectives are working to locate him.
In addition to these two homicides, The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred late Friday night in Kansas City, Kansas
A silver Hyundai Sonata was reported stolen on May 10. KCKPD developed information suggesting the stolen car was in the area of S. 7th St. Trafficway and I-35. Soon after, around 11:10 p.m., a citizen called 911 to report that a silver car had stopped in the 1500 block of S. 7th St. Trafficway, and subjects were running from it. At nearly the same time, a KCKPD officer arrived and observed three male subjects fleeing from the car. He chased them, initiating a foot pursuit.
Preliminary information indicates that the officer pursued the subjects who ran up the I-35 South on-ramp. During the pursuit, one of the men hid in thick brush and fired at the officer from behind. The KCKPD officer returned fire, striking the man multiple times. The officer and a second responding officer were then able to take a 16-year-old male into custody.
Lifesaving measures were attempted and EMS responded, but the man who was shot was pronounced deceased at the scene. Authorities are still working to identify him. The third subject has not yet been apprehended. The officer was not injured in the shooting.