Overnight shooting at 19th and Vine leaves 1 dead, 5 injured

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Update: The victim has been identified as 26-year-old Ty’rick Henry. The subject taken into custody is referred to prosecutors for charges for violating Blair’s Law. Their involvement in the assaults and homicide remains under investigation.

In Missouri, Blair’s law makes celebratory gunfire illegal within a municipality.

The Kansas City Police Department has arrested one person in the wake of a mass shooting early Sunday.

KCPD reported that officers were working in the Vine District around 2 a.m. on June 22 when they saw people running from 19th Street, saying there was someone armed and firing shots.

The officers ran toward the scene and found an unresponsive man with gunshot wounds who paramedics later pronounced dead.

They then learned that five adults, including four men and one woman, had taken themselves to nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds. Their injuries were varied, but KCPD said that they are all stable.

One person was arrested, and homicide detectives are working to determine if anyone else was responsible.

It is believed there was a disturbance amongst a large group of people that escalated into gunfire, but the shooting remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide detectives directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS. There is a reward of up to $25,000 for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS hotline.

On Sunday, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson issued a statement concerning the post-Juneteenth Festival shooting and the “unacceptable wave of gun violence” that “rocked” Kansas City overnight.