One person dead after late-night shooting in western Independence
Police were investigating a homicide after a person was fatally shot in western Independence late Thursday, police said.
Officers responding to the shooting about 10:50 p.m. in the 9300 block of East 16th Street found that one person had been fatally shot.
The victim was pronounced dead at the site of the shooting. No suspect information was released.
The shooting marked Independence’s seventh homicide of this year. By this time this last year, the city had four homicides.
Across the the Kansas City metro area, there have been 181 homicides so far this year.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477) or the Independence Police Department TIPS Hotline at 816-325-7777 or leads@indepmo.org.
Gun violence will be the subject of a new, statewide journalism project The Star is undertaking in Missouri this year in partnership with the national service program Report for America and sponsored in part by Missouri Foundation for Health. As part of this project, The Star will seek the community’s help.
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This story was originally published August 14, 2020 at 7:51 AM.
