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2 dead in shooting at Kansas City intersection

Kansas City map(AP) — Kansas City police say two people have died and another is hospitalized after someone opened fire on a pickup truck at an intersection.

The shootings happened just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday near Blue Parkway and Hardesty Avenue on the southeastern side of the city.

Witnesses and police said the pickup truck was stopped at a traffic light when multiple shots were fired from a silver Hyundai. Police said the Hyundai left the scene with its back window blown out by shots fired from inside.

Names of the two people who died were not immediately released. Injuries to the pickup truck’s third occupant were described as minor.

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