Crime

Woman dies after police find her with gunshot wound on south KC road

Police investigating reports of a woman down on Saturday night found a female gunshot victim in the 9300 block of Cable Road in south Kansas City. This Google Maps Street View of the area is from August 2014.
Police investigating reports of a woman down on Saturday night found a female gunshot victim in the 9300 block of Cable Road in south Kansas City. This Google Maps Street View of the area is from August 2014.

A homicide investigation is underway Sunday after a female shooting victim was found on the ground along a south Kansas City road.

Officers responded about 11 p.m. Saturday to a report of a woman down in the 9300 block of Cable Road. The area is near the Nob Hill Apartments & Townhomes at Bannister Road and Bruce R. Watkins Drive.

Officers found the woman and determined she had been shot. Emergency crews rushed her to a hospital, where she later died.

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

Robert A. Cronkleton: 816-234-4261, @cronkb

This story was originally published December 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM with the headline "Woman dies after police find her with gunshot wound on south KC road."

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