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Kansas City police want help finding a truck of interest in 63rd St. shooting death

Kansas City Police want help to find 2019 Silver Dodge Ram 1500 truck in connection with a homicide investigation
Kansas City Police want help to find 2019 Silver Dodge Ram 1500 truck in connection with a homicide investigation KCPD

Kansas City Police Department is seeking help from the community to locate a vehicle they believe may be of interest in connection with a Monday afternoon shooting near 63rd Street that left one person dead.

The vehicle of interest is a silver 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 truck with Ohio license plate number PJZ23111.

The shooting being investigated by police as a homicide was reported shortly after 1 p.m. at James A. Reed Road and 63rd. Police on the way to the scene found a man and a woman in a vehicle that had pulled off to the side of 63rd Street.

The man injured in the shooting died and the woman was in critical condition Monday.

Police ask that anyone with information on the whereabouts of the vehicle contact police homicide at 816-234-5148 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

This story was originally published April 1, 2019 at 9:02 PM with the headline "Kansas City police want help finding a truck of interest in 63rd St. shooting death."

Mará Rose Williams
The Kansas City Star
Mará Rose Williams is The Star’s Senior Opinion Columnist. She previously was assistant managing editor for race & equity issues, a member of the Star’s Editorial Board and an award-winning columnist. She has written on all things education for The Star since 1998, including issues of inequity in education, teen suicide, universal pre-K, college costs and racism on university campuses. She was a writer on The Star’s 2020 “Truth in Black and White” project and the recipient of the 2021 Eleanor McClatchy Award for exemplary leadership skills and transformative journalism. 
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