Crime

Woman found fatally shot Friday morning in Kansas City

Kansas City police are investigating after a woman was found Friday morning fatally shot inside of a van at 45th Street and Spruce Avenue.

Officers were called to the area just before 7:30 a.m. Friday after neighbors noticed that a van parked nearby appeared to be out of place, said Maj. James Thomas, commander of the East Patrol Division.

Officers found the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, dead from a gunshot wound.

Neighbors said they didn’t hear anything overnight or early Friday.

No other details were immediately available.

It is the city’s 146th homicide of the year.

Glenn E. Rice: 816-234-4341, @GRicekcstar

This story was originally published December 22, 2017 at 10:23 AM.

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