Sep 06, 2021

4 wounded in shooting at festival near Kansas City

Posted Sep 06, 2021 2:00 PM

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Four people were wounded in a shooting at a festival in Independence, Missouri, prompting police to use Facebook to urge parents to pick up their children from the event.

Independence police responded to the shooting at the SantaCaliGon Festival Sunday night.

“Parents, if you have a child at the Santa Cali Gon festival, please come get them now!” the department posted just after 11 p.m.

Police later said four people had been shot, and all were expected to survive their injuries, television station KCTV reported. No arrests were announced. It was not immediately clear what led up to the shooting.