Kansas City police investigate suspicious death after reported cutting: Authorities
Kansas City police detectives were conducting a suspicious death investigation in the Eastern 49-63 neighborhood Thursday evening after officers responded to an emergency medical call involving a reported cutting in the 6200 block of Tracy Avenue.
Officers were first called to the block around 5 p.m. as emergency medical personnel attempted to provide treatment to an unresponsive man, Sgt. Jake Becchina, a police spokesman, said in a statement. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Homicide detectives were contacted to process the scene on Thursday night after circumstances surrounding the death were deemed suspicious, Becchina said.
The cause of death was undetermined on Thursday night. Becchina said detectives and crime scene personnel would be working alongside the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office as part of their investigation. He added that it could take days for the medical examiner to make any preliminary determinations.
People who were in the area when officers arrived were being interviewed by detectives, Becchina said.
Further information was not immediately available from police.
Anyone with information was asked to contact the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
This story was originally published October 13, 2022 at 8:24 PM.
