Kansas City homicide toll rises

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Three people were killed Wednesday in two separate shootings in Kansas City, police said.

The deaths bring to 76 the number of homicides reported for the year in the city.

The first victim was discovered when officers were called to investigate a shooting. The man, identified only as in his 30s, was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Police said they were called to the scene of the second shooting just before 9 p.m. They found a 17-year-old boy lying in the street. He died at the scene.

A second teenage boy also had been shot, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he also died of his wounds.

Police didn't immediately release the names of the boys.

Police were searching Wednesday for the three men suspected in that shooting. They last were seen fleeing on foot.