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| Kansas City Shooting: 4 Killed and 5 Others Wounded at Bar | Kansas City Shooting: 4 Killed and 5 Others Wounded at Bar |
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| The Kansas City police were investigating a mass shooting on Sunday after an attacker walked into a bar and opened fire, killing four people and wounding five others in the predawn hours. | The Kansas City police were investigating a mass shooting on Sunday after an attacker walked into a bar and opened fire, killing four people and wounding five others in the predawn hours. |
| The motive for the mass shooting at Tequila KC, a small bar on Central Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kan., was not immediately clear. | The motive for the mass shooting at Tequila KC, a small bar on Central Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Kan., was not immediately clear. |
| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an arm of the Justice Department, said agents in Kansas City were responding to the shooting. | The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, an arm of the Justice Department, said agents in Kansas City were responding to the shooting. |
| Thomas Tomasic, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, said the emergency call came in at 1:27 a.m. on Sunday. | Thomas Tomasic, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department, said the emergency call came in at 1:27 a.m. on Sunday. |
| Kansas City, the third-largest city in Kansas, has been jolted by deadly shootings several times in the past few years. | |
| The killings on Sunday occurred hours after an employee of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department was fatally shot on Saturday evening, about nine miles from the bar. The unidentified man, who was in his late 50s, was found dead inside his home, the Kansas City police said in a statement. | The killings on Sunday occurred hours after an employee of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department was fatally shot on Saturday evening, about nine miles from the bar. The unidentified man, who was in his late 50s, was found dead inside his home, the Kansas City police said in a statement. |
| There was no indication that the two shootings were linked. | There was no indication that the two shootings were linked. |
| By the end of August, there had been at least 38 shootings with three or more fatalities in the United States, data shows. Each deadly episode has brought cries for stricter gun-control laws. But the killings keep happening. | |
| In 2014, three people were killed in Overland Park, Kan., after a former Ku Klux Klan leader, Frazier Glenn Miller, opened fire outside two Jewish community facilities on the day before Passover. | In 2014, three people were killed in Overland Park, Kan., after a former Ku Klux Klan leader, Frazier Glenn Miller, opened fire outside two Jewish community facilities on the day before Passover. |
| He killed a physician, William Corporon, 69; his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Underwood; and Terri LaManno, 53. | He killed a physician, William Corporon, 69; his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Underwood; and Terri LaManno, 53. |
| Mr. Miller admitted to the shootings in court in 2015 but said he had acted in defense of the white race. | Mr. Miller admitted to the shootings in court in 2015 but said he had acted in defense of the white race. |
| In neighboring Missouri, three people were killed in a shooting in August at a mall in Kansas City. And in September, five people were wounded in a shooting at a swingers club near Kansas City. | In neighboring Missouri, three people were killed in a shooting in August at a mall in Kansas City. And in September, five people were wounded in a shooting at a swingers club near Kansas City. |