More Violence Near KU Med Scares Away Streetcar Extension?!?!

After dark this corridor of the Kansas City metro isn't always a safe haven for hipsters.

Whilst the possibility of a streetcar extension earned social media hype . . . Here's a worthwhile reality check . . .

"The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department contacted KCKPD officers at around 7 a.m. that a shooting victim presented himself at a local hospital. The victim died of his injuries at the hospital, and KCKPD detectives later confirmed that he was the victim of the 42nd St. shooting."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

1 dead after Sunday morning shooting near hospital

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - One person has died following a shooting near the University of Kansas Hospital. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department officers were dispatched around 3:42 a.m. to the 2100 block of West 42nd Street to a shooting. Officers located evidence of a shooting but no victim, according to a release.