13 April 2014
Last updated at 18:24 ET
Police said a suspect, a bearded white man in his 70s, was in custody.
The shootings occurred at the Jewish Community Campus at Overland Park and a nearby assisted living centre, Village Shalom, local media said.
A local hospital said it was treating a teenage boy for a gunshot wound and that he was in a critical condition.
Two people were shot dead in the car park of the Jewish Community Campus, the Jewish Community Centre of Kansas said on its Facebook page.
Another person was shot dead at Village Shalom, a retirement home several streets away from the community centre.
Local TV stations broadcast footage of police arresting a suspect at the scene.
The man appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car.
Police said the suspect was not from the area.
The attack took place just before the Jewish festival of Passover.
Three dead in Kansas City shootings
At least three people have
been shot dead in attacks at a Jewish community site and a retirement
home in Kansas City in the US Midwest.
The shootings occurred at the Jewish Community Campus at Overland Park and a nearby assisted living centre, Village Shalom, local media said.
A local hospital said it was treating a teenage boy for a gunshot wound and that he was in a critical condition.
Two people were shot dead in the car park of the Jewish Community Campus, the Jewish Community Centre of Kansas said on its Facebook page.
Another person was shot dead at Village Shalom, a retirement home several streets away from the community centre.
Local TV stations broadcast footage of police arresting a suspect at the scene.
The man appeared to shout "Heil Hitler" from the back of a police car.
Police said the suspect was not from the area.
The attack took place just before the Jewish festival of Passover.
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