Crime

Man mortally wounded during home invasion in Grandview

A man returning home early Monday was shot and killed during a home invasion in Grandview. A Metro Squad is investigating the homicide.
A man returning home early Monday was shot and killed during a home invasion in Grandview. A Metro Squad is investigating the homicide.

A 25-year-old Grandview man returning home early Monday was shot and mortally wounded during a home invasion.

Grandview police received a 911 call about 3 a.m. saying that three assailants had broken into a home in the 6000 block of 153rd Street and shot the victim.

The man was rushed to a hospital, where he died later Monday morning.

Grandview detectives started investigating the home invasion and later requested a Metro Squad be assembled. It began its investigation at 2 p.m.

Police asked anyone with information about homicide to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

The homicide is Grandview’s first homicide of the year and the 68th homicide in the Kansas City metro area in 2016.

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

This story was originally published June 6, 2016 at 8:06 PM with the headline "Man mortally wounded during home invasion in Grandview."

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