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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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| KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Kansas City police were investigating a mass shooting on Sunday after as many as two attackers 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, 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 there may have been two shooters, both of whom may have been patrons at the bar who had left and then returned with firearms. The police said they were still looking for the shooters on Sunday morning. | |
| Officer Tomasic said an emergency call came in at 1:27 a.m., when there were still about 40 people in the bar. As the sound of gunshots echoed, many people ran out to the sidewalk, where traces of blood remained Sunday morning. | |
| All of the victims were Hispanic men, said Officer Tomasic. One man was in his late 50s, another was in his mid-30s and two were in their mid-20s. He said the police believe the attack was targeted, but not racially motivated. | |
| Tequila KC is a private club, which means that patrons have to be members to enter and that people can smoke inside. Private clubs are supposed to keep a log of who enters, the spokesman said, but it was unclear whether Tequila KC had one. | |
| The bar is on the first floor of a two-story red brick building and sits on a stretch of Central Avenue lined with Hispanic businesses. It is sandwiched between a salon and a Mexican restaurant and across the street from a pawnshop. | |
| 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. |
| Kansas City, the third-largest city in Kansas, has been jolted by deadly shootings several times in the past few years. | Kansas City, the third-largest city in Kansas, has been jolted by deadly shootings several times in the past few years. |
| In 2014, three people were killed in Overland Park when 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 when 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, saying he had acted in defense of the white race. | Mr. Miller admitted to the shootings in court in 2015, saying 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Of the eight deadliest shootings in August, four happened in Texas, including on Aug. 3, when 22 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso. A day later, a gunman killed nine in Dayton, Ohio, and those two back-to-back massacres startled the nation once again and revived the gun-control debate in Washington. | Of the eight deadliest shootings in August, four happened in Texas, including on Aug. 3, when 22 people were killed at a Walmart in El Paso. A day later, a gunman killed nine in Dayton, Ohio, and those two back-to-back massacres startled the nation once again and revived the gun-control debate in Washington. |
| Near the end of that month, seven others were killed and a further 21 wounded in a daylight drive-by mass shooting in the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa. | Near the end of that month, seven others were killed and a further 21 wounded in a daylight drive-by mass shooting in the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa. |