Police identify man who died when gunfire erupted during a disturbance in Kansas City

Police identified the man who died at a hospital Sunday morning after being shot during a disturbance in Kansas City as 23-year-old Austin Cupp.

Police received a call about 3:25 a.m. about shots being fired during a disturbance involving a weapon in the 3900 block of Denver Avenue.

Arriving officers found Cupp suffering from a gunshot wound.

Cupp was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died. Police were investigating Cupp’s death as a homicide.

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

This story was originally published April 23, 2017 at 11:42 AM with the headline "Police identify man who died when gunfire erupted during a disturbance in Kansas City."