Police identify the Blue Hills apartment shooting victims as 17 and 19 years old

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – On Wednesday, the Kansas City Police Department released the identities of the victims of Monday’s double homicide.

The shooting in the 6000 block of Blue Hills Road was first reported around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 9.

According to police, witnesses directed responding officers to a car in the parking lot of the Charter Landing apartment complex. Two victims, a man and a woman, were found with gunshot wounds.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the woman was transported to an area hospital, where she later died.

On Monday, KCPD announced that the victims were identified as 17-year-old Cierra Pennington and 19-year-old Deontae Marchbanks.

KCTV5 spoke with several residents and neighbors of the apartment complex who say they have been calling for help in the area for years. Deborah Hall lives across the street and said her home was hit by gunfire.

“This was a very nice complex across the street and now it’s been treated like we don’t care about the people who live there,” Hall said.

KCPD confirmed 49 calls for service were made to the apartment this year alone.

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