Man dies in shooting outside south Kansas City liquor store: Police
A man died in a shooting outside a south Kansas City liquor and convenience store Monday night, according to the Kansas City Police Department.
Police responded around 6 p.m. to the 8000 block of Hickman Mills Drive in the Marlborough Heights Neighborhood of Kansas City, where Joe’s Liquor and Convenience Store is loated, according to KCPD spokesperson Sgt. Phil DiMartino.
Responding officers found the man in the store’s parking lot with a gunshot wound, according to DiMartino. Emergency medical responders pronounced him dead on the scene.
No suspects were identified in the shooting Monday night, and no one was taken into custody, according to DiMartino.
The shooting was the 21st homicide reported in Kansas City in 2025, and the third reported Monday, according to data collected by the Kansas City Star. At this time last year, seven homicides had been reported in the city, according to Star data.
