Crime

Kansas City police investigate shooting death of man as city’s latest homicide

Kansas City police are investigating the shooting death of man as the city’s latest homicide.
Kansas City police are investigating the shooting death of man as the city’s latest homicide.

Kansas City police are investigating the city’s latest homicide.

A man in his mid-30s was found in a front yard in 1600 block of Elmwood about 7 p.m. Thursday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Witnesses told police that two subjects fled the scene immediately after the shooting.

Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

The homicide is the city’s 98th of the year. So far in 2016, there have been 158 homicides in the Kansas City area.

Toriano Porter: 816-234-4779, @torianoporter

This story was originally published October 27, 2016 at 10:09 PM with the headline "Kansas City police investigate shooting death of man as city’s latest homicide."

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