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Child, suspect dead and 2 injured in Kansas City, Kansas

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wyandotte County officials say a man who barricaded himself inside an apartment shot two children and his girlfriend before shooting himself. The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s office says the suspect and a 7-year-old girl died after the shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas apartment Wednesday morning. Officers responding to a shooting at Wellborn Park found a woman in her 20s suffering from gunshot wounds. The suspect fled the scene and barricaded himself inside the house. When officers entered the apartment, they found the suspect dead and the girl dead. A 3-year-old boy was injured. The woman and the other child were hospitalized. Authorities have not discussed a possible motive for the shootings. 

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