Medical examiner rules Tuesday fatal shooting a homicide, KC police say
Update: A medical examiner has ruled the death as a homicide.
Kansas City police are investigating the shooting death of a man Tuesday evening in the city’s east side.
Officers were called at about 9:10 p.m. to the 3300 block of Indiana Avenue where they were told a person was armed, said Capt. Leslie Foreman, a spokeswoman with the Kansas City Police Department.
The individual who called 911 told dispatch that a man with a gun was walking up and down the street “making threats,” Jackson said.
By the time police arrived on the block, the man was unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wounds near East 34th Street and Indiana Avenue, Jackson said.
He was declared dead at the scene and identified as 29-year-old William Pearson, authorities said.
Anyone who has information on what happened is asked to call the police department at 816-234-5043. Those who prefer to remain anonymous can call the TIPS hotline at 474-TIPS.
This story was originally published August 23, 2022 at 9:47 PM.
