KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City police are investigating three shooting deaths that occurred within four hours Friday.
The deaths bring the city's homicide count to 84 this year - a 50 percent increase over the same period last year.
The Kansas City Star reports officers found a man dead on an eastern Kansas City home's porch about 10 p.m. Friday.
About 8:15 p.m., a man reported his son had been shot at a northeast Kansas City home. The son was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Witnesses told police the victim was in the front yard when an unknown person shot him. The motive is unclear.
Another man was shot and killed shortly before 6:30 p.m. Friday inside a vehicle at Avenue Car Wash in eastern Kansas City.