Kansas City homicide victim identified
A man found dead on the front porch of his northeast Kansas City house Wednesday morning was identified Friday as Luis Alberto-Ortega.
Kansas City police said that Alberto-Ortega, 35, was found just after 7 a.m. Wednesday when officers responded to a reported shooting in the 4100 block of East 6th Street.
His death is the city’s 56th homicide of 2014. There were 82 at the same time last year.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
Tony Rizzo, trizzo@kcstar.com
This story was originally published October 3, 2014 at 10:20 AM with the headline "Kansas City homicide victim identified."