Woman shot and killed in Cass County

The Belton Police Department along with Cass County Sheriff's Deputies were called to a unknown female who had been shot in the parking lot of a strip mall located near Missouri 58 Highway and Congress Avenue in Belton on Friday morning.

Several people on scene of this shooting stated that they seen the shooter flee in a unknown make and model vehicle.

The suspect was found dead of a self inflicted gun shot wound and the female victim did not survive the shooting.

Mid America Live News will update this when more information becomes available from the Belton Police Department.