Fatal shooting marks 155th homicide in Kansas City this year, matching previous record
A man was shot and killed Thursday, becoming Kansas City’s 155th homicide victim this year. That matches the city’s record, set in 2017.
Just before 8 p.m. police were called to the Stonegate Meadows apartments in the 10400 block of East 42nd Street, said Kansas City Police Department spokeswoman Doaa El-Ashkar.
Witnesses, El-Ashkar said, told police they heard gunshots and saw a man, who appeared to have been shot, running from a parking lot into an apartment building.
While waiting for police, witnesses said, they attempted to provide first aid to the man.
When officers arrived they found a man on the floor of an apartment building hallway suffering from a gunshot wound, El-Ashkar said. EMS declared him dead at the scene.
No suspect information was available Thursday night as officers continued to process the scene.
2020 has been a historically deadly year for Kansas City, according to data kept by The Star, which includes fatal shootings involving police. At this time last year, 120 people had been killed.
El-Ashkar called the yearly homicide count “absolutely unfortunate.”
“It’s somebody’s loss of life, it’s a family member, it’s a friend, it’s a human being who lost their life to violence” she said. “No homicide number should be okay.”
Anyone with information is asked to call the Kansas City police homicide unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477.
This story was originally published October 15, 2020 at 9:18 PM.
