Three killed and two wounded in shooting at a bar in Kansas City  

Three people are dead and two others are in hospital after a shooting at a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, in the early hours of this morning.

The shooting happened at Klymax Lounge on Indiana Avenue shortly before 1:25 am. One victim is said to have died inside the bar while the second was shot dead outside the building, Kansas City Police Department Officer Donna Drake told the Washington Post. 

A third person died in hospital. One of the injured people is in a critical condition and the other is stable, according to cops. 

The victims were all adults, police said, but their ages and identities were not immediately available.

Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte tweeted images from the scene of the police cordon outside Klymax Lounge in Kansas City

Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte shared an image of the police response after three people were killed and two people injured in a shooting at Klymax Lounge in Kansas City on Sunday 

Klymax Lounge in Kansas City where five people were shot - three fatally - in the early hours of Sunday morning

Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators were at the scene early Sunday. 

The club, which is located in a residential area, was formerly known as Club 42 before changing its name to Klymax Lounge.