Police identify victim of fatal shooting in Independence neighborhood
Police were investigating a shooting early Sunday that killed a man outside a house in a residential neighborhood in Independence.
Police identified the victim as Jacobsen L. Laumoli, 27, of Independence.
Police responded to reports of shots fired about 1:55 a.m. Sunday in the 20100 block of East 12th Terrace South. Officers found Laumoli’s body outside a house.
Laumoli had been fatally shot, and police were investigating the shooting as a homicide.
The fatal shooting is the sixth homicide for Independence this year. So far in 2016, there have been 163 homicides In the Kansas City area.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline 816-474-8477 or Independence Police Department TIPS Hotline at 816-325-7777 or send email to leads@indepmo.org.
Robert A. Cronkleton: 816-234-4261, @cronkb
This story was originally published October 30, 2016 at 9:12 AM with the headline "Police identify victim of fatal shooting in Independence neighborhood."