Shots fired leads to 6 hurt, 1 dead near Gregory Boulevard and Prospect Avenue

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Update: KCPD has identified the deceased victim as Dyamund Sheilds, 31. Sheilds was the owner of a popular food truck, Chicken Mac-N-Cheese.

The Kansas City Police Department is investigating a homicide near Prospect Avenue and East 70th Street after a large gathering of people turned into a shootout.

KCPD had patrolling officers in the area Sunday night into Monday morning when they heard several sounds of shots nearby around 2 a.m.

A man who’d been shot contacted the police officers and was rushed to a nearby hospital. Another shooting victim was found a short distance away and was declared deceased a short time later.

Their investigation so far shows a large gathering happening turned violent following an argument between people there. Several people engaged in gunfire, leaving behind dozens of bullet casings lying in the street.

Police do not know as of 8:15 a.m. how many people in total were there at the gathering, how many people had guns, and how many people fired shots.

No kids were present and involved.

“We have six individuals that have been transported to area hospitals either by EMS or private conveyance to multiple area hospitals in the Kansas City metro. However, that number could change,” said KCPD Public Information Officer Alayna Gonzalez. “We don’t know if all six of those individuals are all victims of gunfire or if they were just injured as a result of trying to get out of the area as quickly as possible when the shots rang out.”

Police do not currently have anyone in custody.

Homicide detectives are gathering evidence and collecting witness statements.

The area between E. 70th and Gregory Blvd. on Prospect Ave. will remain closed to traffic until the scene has been processed and cleared.

“This is a horrible situation where there’s really no best case scenario but to have officers that were already on scene, to be able to get victims to the hospitals as quickly as possible, there’s probably a lot of lives that were saved for that reason with them being present.”

Police are now investigating the 89th homicide in the city.

“We’ve got fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, family members that are no longer with us because of people making senseless decisions to act out in violence rather than walk away and diffuse a situation.”

If anyone was in or around the area at this time and saw or heard anything they are asked to contact the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS where there is a reward of up to $25,000 possible for information submitted anonymously leading to closure in the case.

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