Man dies of gunshot wound on Christmas Eve in Kansas City’s Old Northeast
A shooting victim in Kansas City on Christmas Eve died hours later at a hospital, police said Monday.
The shooting was reported shortly after 6 p.m. in the 300 block of Garfield Avenue in the city’s Old Northeast.
A suspect was arrested a short time later near Independence Boulevard and Garfield Avenue.
The victim was described as a man in his 20s.
It was the city’s 148th homicide of the year, compared to 123 at this time last year.
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This story was originally published December 25, 2017 at 11:46 AM with the headline "Man dies of gunshot wound on Christmas Eve in Kansas City’s Old Northeast."