Victim of deadly shooting found lying in the grass in Brookside area of Kansas City
An 18-year-old died after he was shot during a disturbance early Tuesday in the Brookside area of Kansas City, according to police.
Police responded about 12:15 a.m. on an ambulance call to the area of 57th and McGee streets, which is just south of Brookside Park and two blocks from the Trolley Track Trail.
Arriving officers found a man with a gunshot wound lying in the grass. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
Police later identified the victim as Corey Robinson, of Kansas City.
Witnesses told police there was a disturbance prior to shots being fired.
Police said they had no suspect description. The Kansas City Police Department was investigating the shooting.
Once the sun rose hours later, the only reminiscence of the shooting was yellow crime scene tape tied to a no parking sign. Residents walked their dogs and took their children to Brookside Park, where one neighbor said she was “speechless” someone was killed in her neighborhood.
The killing was being investigated as Kansas City’s 73rd homicide this year, according to data kept by The Star. By this time last year, the city recorded 62 homicides in a year that ended with 138.
Anyone with information about the homicide was asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
The Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, which runs the TIPS Hotline, recently increased the reward offered for tips in Kansas City homicides to $25,000.
This story was originally published July 9, 2019 at 7:59 AM with the headline "Victim of deadly shooting found lying in the grass in Brookside area of Kansas City."
