Police investigate homicide after man is found shot to death in Kansas City, Kansas
Police were investigating a homicide after discovering the body of a man who had been shot to death early Tuesday in Kansas City, Kansas.
Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to investigate a report of a death in the 600 block of South 71st Terrace, which is the address for the Terrace Pointe Apartments.
Arriving officers found the body of a man in his early 20s who had been shot, police said. The man was dead by the time officers arrived.
No suspect information was available and no one was taken into custody, police said.
The man’s death is the 10th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Kansas, according to data kept by The Star. By this time last year, the city had six homicides.
In the entire Kansas City metro area, there have been 68 homicides this year.
The homicide is being investigated by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau. Anyone with information is asked call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
This story was originally published April 21, 2020 at 8:12 AM.
