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Police ID man, woman killed in shooting that wounded child
(AP) — Police in Kansas City have identified a man and woman killed in a shooting that also critically wounded a 5-year-old boy.
Police say the shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. Monday at an intersection between the Santa Fe and Oak Park West neighborhoods.
Arriving officers were pointed to a vehicle in a parking lot where they found 34-year-old Jermaine Jackson and 31-year-old Ashley Pettiford and Pettiford’s 5-year-old son inside, all suffering from gunshot wounds.
Jackson and Pettiford were pronounced dead at the scene.
The boy was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, but police later said he was expected to survive.
Police have not indicated they have any suspects in the shooting.