Aug 29, 2023

Girl injured in Kansas drive-by shooting released from hospital

Posted Aug 29, 2023 2:00 PM

ATCHISON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities continue to investigate a weekend drive-by shooting  in the 400 block U Street in Atchison that sent a teen to the hospital

Police now know the victim is a 15-year-old from Columbia Missouri, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. She had originally provided inaccurate information. .

Just after 4p.m. Saturday, the teen was sitting in a vehicle in the 400 block U Street in Atchison.  A person drove up next to the vehicle and fired a single shot.

A private vehicle transported the girl to a local hospital. She was later transferred to a Kansas City hospital. She has been released from the hospital, according Wilson.