Man is shot and killed at Northland apartment building, police investigate homicide
Kansas City police are investigating a homicide at a Northland apartment building after a man was shot multiple times.
The shooting was reported about 1:15 p.m. Sunday at the Denton apartment building at 5951 NW 63rd Terrace in Kansas City, North.
Sunday evening, police identified the victim as 30-year-old Austin C. Williams.
Arriving officers found Williams with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, according to Capt. Tim Hernandez, a Kansas City police spokesman.
Soon after the shooting, yellow crime scene tape surrounded the apartment building and cones marking pieces of evidence were scattered outside the leasing center.
Police had no suspect in custody and no description of a suspect, Hernandez said. The shooting is being investigated as a homicide.
“We plead, if anyone may have seen or heard anything, that they contact the homicide unit,” Hernandez said. The Police Department Homicide Unit can be reached at 816-234-5043.
Police also asked anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
Neighborhood resident Joe Andrade said he was surprised to hear of a shooting at the apartment building.
“It’s a good neighborhood,” he said. “Very, very safe. Nothing like this ever happens around here.”
This story was originally published February 24, 2019 at 2:06 PM.
