One woman has died following a Tuesday afternoon shooting, Kansas City police say
One woman died on Tuesday following a shooting near East 37th and Olive streets, police said.
Officers responded around 2 p.m. Tuesday on a sound of shots call where they found a woman with gunshot wounds, according to the Kansas City Police Department. She was taken to the hospital and later died of her injuries.
Police later identified the victim as 60-year-old Linda Gantt.
Detectives were looking for witnesses and processing the scene. There is no suspect information at this time, police said.
This was the sixth homicide in Kansas City this year, according to data tracked by The Star.
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This story was originally published January 12, 2021 at 6:58 PM.
