Woman shot, killed

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December 16, 2019 - 9:45 AM

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Independence.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says 19-year-old Kimberly Meeks, of Coffeyville, was shot Saturday evening while walking along Main Street around 6 p.m.

Witnesses told police that Meeks and a man were walking when an unknown person fired gunshots from a car and fled. The man who was with Meeks also ran after the shooting.

Meeks died at the scene of the shooting.

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