San Diego Union-Tribune

3 KILLED IN SHOOTING AT BAR IN KANSAS CITY

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A security guard was one of the three people killed in a shooting at a Kansas City bar early Sunday that also wounded two others, including one critically, according to family members.

Police hadn’t yet identified the victims, and they didn’t release many details Sunday about what led to the shooting just before the Klymax Lounge’s 1:30 a.m. closing time. And no one answered the phone at the bar Sunday afternoon.

Honystye Chancellor told the Kansas City Star that her stepfather, 41-yearold Jason McConnell, was killed in the shooting while working security at the door of the bar. After she rushed to the bar, Chancellor said, people in the crowd told her that the shooting happened just as the local rapper who was performing at the club was leaving.

The rapper, who performs under the name Nutty Still Gassin, had posted a live video from the club — recorded earlier in the night before the shooting happened — on his Facebook page.

Kansas City police said that when multiple officers arrived at the bar, they found five victims and began providing medical aid.

Police said two of the victims died at the scene — one was found inside the bar and the other was outside the building. A third victim died at the hospital. Details about the circumstan­ces that led to the shooting were not immediatel­y available.

Police said the victims were all adults, but their ages and identities were not immediatel­y available.

Chancellor told the newspaper that McConnell was well known at the club because he was friendly and could talk to anyone. He also worked at a diner and managed a wireless communicat­ions store in the area, she said.

On the sidewalk outside the bar, a small memorial with flowers and chalk writing featuring the victims’ names popped up in the hours following the incident.

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