Woman hospitalized with gunshot wounds in Kansas City dies day after shooting
A woman died of a gunshot wound Wednesday in Kansas City after spending a day hospitalized in critical condition.
Kansas City police responded to a shooting about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Agnes Avenue, Sgt. Jacob Becchina, a Kansas City Police Department spokesman, said in an email Thursday morning.
Officers found a woman suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle outside a residence.
The woman, identified as 42-year-old Sarah Lowrey, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. She died Wednesday.
No charges were filed in her death as of mid-day Thursday, but Becchina said a person of interest has been identified.
Lowrey is the 70th homicide victim in Kansas City this year, according to data kept by The Star, which includes police shootings.
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