2 arrested after 3 people killed in Kansas City shooting

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a man and two women in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City police spokeswoman Officer Doaa el-Ashkar says officers on patrol heard gunfire just before 9 p.m. One suspect surrendered at the scene and the other fled but was captured. They have not been charged.

El-Ashkar says no other suspects are sought.

She says the victims all died at the scene. One body was found inside a house and the other two were discovered outside. Their identities and ages have not been released.

No information has been released about a motive in the shooting.

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The story has been corrected to show Doaa El-Ashkar is a woman, not a man.