KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Kansas City.
Just after 8:30a.m. Monday, police were dispatched to report of a shooting at 11th and Washington, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina.
Officers were directed to a shooting victim later identified as 33-year-old Shamra Whitney. She was unresponsive in the street near a vehicle. Officers rendered aid to her and called for EMS to the scene. EMS declared Whitney deceased at the scene.
Responding officers also detained an adult female subject of interest at the scene for further investigation. The shooting was in close proximity to an elementary school nearby.
Responding officers advised that school was placed on lockdown as a preventive measure. However there was never any active threat to the school or the surrounding neighborhood.
Preliminary investigation indicates that Whitney and the subject of interest had an interaction near the intersection of 11th and Washington.
That interaction escalated and shots were fired and Whitney was struck. Detectives spoke with people who were at the scene when officers arrived and have canvassed for witnesses. Additionally crime scene investigators processed the scene for evidence.