As police investigate double homicide, Kansas City on pace with record 2020 killings
Update: The victims have been identified as Mia Sheridan, 22, and Joshua Gilmore-Harris, 22.
A man and a woman were found shot to death in a vehicle Thursday afternoon in Kansas City, putting the city on pace with the number of killings by this time last year.
Officers responded to the homicides after 1:30 p.m. at Walrond Avenue and East 67th Street, according to the Kansas City Police Department. They found the man and woman, who had suffered gunshots wounds, in the vehicle a block south of the initial call.
The victims died at the crime scene, where detectives placed evidence markers in the street and searched for witnesses.
No suspect information was available as of Thursday afternoon.
The killings marked the 41st and 42nd this year in Kansas City. There had been 42 homicides by this time last year, which ended with 182, the most in the city’s history in a single year, according to data maintained by The Star.
Police asked anyone with information to call detectives at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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This story was originally published April 1, 2021 at 2:39 PM.
