Crime

Kansas City, Kan., homicide victim identified

Kansas City, Kan., police found Wordell Dean III, 22, dead Sunday afternoon in the 1200 block of Everett Avenue.
Kansas City, Kan., police found Wordell Dean III, 22, dead Sunday afternoon in the 1200 block of Everett Avenue.

A man found fatally shot Sunday in Kansas City, Kan., was identified Monday as Wordell Dean III.

Kansas City, Kan., police said they were called just after 3 p.m. Sunday to the 1200 block of Everett Avenue and found Dean dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

Dean, 22, was a Kansas City, Kan., resident.

Police detectives are continuing to investigate the killing and ask anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).

Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc

This story was originally published July 17, 2017 at 4:07 PM with the headline "Kansas City, Kan., homicide victim identified."

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