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WEBVTT ARTED A WILD WEST-MIKE -- WHAT STARTED A WILD WEST-LIKE SHOOTOUT. FLASHING POLICE LIGHTS AND THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE -- >> IT WAS GOING OFF, IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. THEY HAD FOUR TO FIVE BLOGS SHUT OFF. -- BLOCKS SHUT OFF. I HEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF TERRITORIAL DISPUTES OVER THEM AND BEGINS AROUND HERE. STACEY: HE DESCRIBES THE DEAD OF NIGHT SHOOTOUT. >> SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER AND WE GOT HOUSES UP AND DOWN THE BLOCK WITH BULLETS IN THEM. STACEY: THEY COVERED EIGHT SQUARE CITY BLOCKS, SENDING SEVEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS. POLICE REPORTING THREE CARS CRASHING IN THE ROLLING GUN BATTLE AND THIS WEARY NEIGHBOR -- >> THIS IS A HOT NEIGHBORHOOD, A HOT ZONE. THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT STEPPING IT UP AROUND HERE.

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Seven people were injured, one critically, in a shootout early Sunday over eight square city blocks in east Kansas City. Officers were called to the area of Gregory Boulevard and Prospect Avenue about 2:20 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Officers said they heard multiple shots when they reached the scene and saw several people shooting at each other. One officer fired shots during the incident and a citywide officer-assist call went out. One of the people who was shot said he was injured by the officer's gunfire. Police have not announced any arrests. Police said three vehicles were involved in a crash because of the shooting. Investigators said a total of seven people went to hospitals with gunshot wounds. One of them is listed in critical condition and the other people have injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. No officers were injured in the incident. Police said the shooting happened over a wide area between Prospect and Brooklyn avenues and 70th to 72nd streets. Witness Jim Bonright said the sound of gunfire woke him up. He said it was the worst night he's experienced since moving to the area. "There was about 30 cars buzzing up and down here shooting each other. And we've got houses up and down the blocks that's got bullets in them," he said. "For that to be going on in this neighborhood or any neighborhood is ridiculous." He said he's heard that the neighborhood is a hot zone and wants the police to be more involved. "I hear there are a lot of territorial disputes over some of the gangs around here," he said. "They need to do something about stepping it up." Officers were collecting shell casings and other evidence throughout the day.