Shooting at Kansas City bar kills three, injures two

Police say three people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a Kansas City bar on early May 21 just before closing time

A security guard was one of the three people killed in a shooting at a Kansas City bar early on May 21 that also wounded two others, including one critically wounded, according to family members.

Police haven't yet identified the victims, and they didn't release many details on May 21 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 on May 21 afternoon after it was scheduled to open.

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Honystye Chancellor told the Kansas City Star that her stepfather, 41-year-old 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 earlier in the night before the shooting happened on his Facebook page.

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