Police investigate homicide after gunshot victim shows up at KC hospital and dies
Update: This story has been updated with the victim’s identity, which was released by police on Oct. 7.
Police were investigating Kansas City’s latest homicide after a man showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound late Sunday and died, according to police.
Police responded to the hospital about 11:20 p.m. to investigate the shooting. The victim was identified by police as 37-year-old Rayford Reed.
Reed’s death is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Kansas City Police Department.
Officers were directed to the area of 29th Street and Askew Avenue, where they found a possible crime scene, police said.
No suspect information nor details of what led up to the shooting were available.
The death marked the city’s 114th homicide of the year, according to data kept by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings. In 2018 the city counted 145 homicides.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published October 7, 2019 at 8:30 AM.
