1 person critically injured in shooting at a Plaza hotel Tuesday, Kansas City police say

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1 person critically injured in shooting at a Plaza hotel Tuesday, Kansas City police say

Anna Spoerre, Robert A. Cronkleton

June 29, 2021, 10:06 PM·1 min read

Police are investigating after a person was wounded by gunfire at a Plaza hotel Tuesday morning.

Officers were called to the Sheraton Suites County Club Plaza in the 700 block of West 47th Street on a shooting call Tuesday, police said.

One person was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, Capt. Leslie Foreman, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City Police Department, said in an email at about 8:40 a.m.

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A person has also been detained in relation to the shooting, Foreman said.

The department did not immediately provide any additional information.

Just before 10 a.m., West 47 Street, which cuts through the heart of the Plaza, was blocked off at Broadway Boulevard to the east and Madison Avenue to the west. The front of the hotel remained taped off.

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1 person critically injured in shooting at a Plaza hotel Tuesday, Kansas City police say

1 person critically injured in shooting at a Plaza hotel Tuesday, Kansas City police say

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