Man found shot in vehicle in parking lot on Topping Avenue in Kansas City, police say
Kansas City police were investigating a homicide after a 30-year-old man was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the 3900 block of Topping Avenue on Saturday morning.
Officers were called around 5:30 a.m. to the parking lot of an apartment complex in the area. Security had found the man, who appeared to have been shot, inside the vehicle.
The man was declared dead by EMS at the scene. He was identified by police as Gregory Payton Jr., a Kansas City, Kansas, resident.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kansas City Police Department Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
Reporter Kaitlyn Schwers contributed to this report.
This story was originally published July 6, 2019 at 9:41 AM.
Katie Bernard
The Kansas City Star