KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A shooting at a Kansas City bar where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others wounded, authorities said.
It happened around 11 p.m. Sunday after a disturbance that started inside the Westport Ale House spilled outside, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe. Gunfire erupted, and the three off-duty Kansas City officers returned fire, Lowe said.
One of the wounded died at a hospital, while the other five were in stable condition and expected to survive, Lowe said. No officers were hurt.
Lowe said it wasn't immediately known whether bullets the officers fired struck anyone.
“It’s all kind of in a holding pattern," he said, adding that it would potentially take days to conduct a ballistics investigation and an autopsy.
Lowe had no details on what caused the disturbance. The name of the person who died wasn't immediately released.
A Kansas City police spokesperson said in an email that inquiries about the shooting were being handled by the highway patrol.
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KANSAS CITY(AP) — A shooting outside a bar in Kansas City where off-duty police officers were working security has left one person dead and five others hurt, authorities said.
The shooting happened 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.
Three off-duty Kansas City officers were working security at the bar, the patrol said, and they returned fire during the shooting. There were no reports of officers being injured in the shooting.
“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 left a message seeking additional information from Lowe and the highway patrol.
An email seeking information from Kansas City police was sent to a department spokeswoman.
It wasn't immediately known whether shots from the officers struck anyone, the patrol said. The shooting was under investigation.