One man is dead after a shooting near East 55th Street and Cypress Avenue in Kansas City, police said.

Police responded to the 5500 block of Cypress Avenue just after 3 p.m. Saturday where they found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle. The man, later identified as Richard Minor, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officer Donna Drake, a spokesperson with the Kansas City Police Department, said there was no suspect description available at the time.

The killing was the third homicide of 2021 in Kansas City, according to data tracked by The Star. There were 182 killings in 2020, breaking the city’s homicide record.

Anyone with information may call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477 or the Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043.

Gun violence is the subject of a 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.

To contribute, visit Report for America online at reportforamerica.org.

This story was originally published January 9, 2021 at 4:39 PM.

Cortlynn Stark

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Cortlynn Stark writes about finance and the economy for The Sum. She is a Certified Financial Education Instructor℠ with the National Financial Educators Council. She previously covered City Hall for The Kansas City Star and joined The Star in January 2020 as a breaking news reporter. Cortlynn studied journalism and Spanish at Missouri State University.