Police investigate man’s death in Kansas City’s Northland
Update: On Monday, Kansas City police said the shooting was being investigated as a suicide. This story has been edited to reflect the new information.
Police were investigating the death of a man who was found fatally shot Friday morning in the front yard of a home in Kansas City’s Northland, a police spokeswoman said.
A neighbor called police about 10:30 a.m. saying that a person was lying in a yard of a home in the 2400 block of Northeast Pence Avenue, which is near Northeast Vivion and Northeast Antioch roads.
The caller told police it appeared the person needed assistance, said Capt. Leslie Foreman, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City Police Department.
Arriving officers discovered that the man had been shot and was unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Foreman said.
On Monday, Foreman released an update by email saying police are now investigating the death as a suicide.
This story was originally published June 24, 2022 at 11:55 AM.
