A KS Man Shoots a MO Women and then Himself Near a KC Park

Authorities say a man has fatally shot a Missouri woman and then killed himself near a suburban Kansas City park.

Police in Shawnee, Kansas, identified the woman as 27-year-old Courtney Bivins, of Kansas City, Missouri. Bivins was shot by 34-year-old Joshua Mobley, of Mission, Kansas, who then shot and killed himself. Police say the two weren’t in a domestic relationship with one another, but were thought to be close friends.

Shawnee police found their bodies Sunday near Riverfront Park while responding to a request from Kansas City, Missouri, police to check on the welfare of a person thought to be endangered.