Northland shooting leaves one man dead
A shooting early Sunday in the Northland left a 23-year-old man dead, according to Kansas City police.
Police identified the victim as Etienne Mathurin. Officers responded shortly after midnight to a report of gunfire in the 6000 block of Northwest Belleview Avenue, west of U.S. 169 and Northwest 60th Terrace.
Officers found Mathurin lying just outside a vehicle, dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Kansas City has recorded 112 homicides in 2016. The metropolitan area has seen 181 killings so far this year.
Police continued to investigate and asked anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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This story was originally published November 27, 2016 at 10:36 AM with the headline "Northland shooting leaves one man dead."