Crime

Kansas City police ask for public’s help to solve murder from October 2021

Joseph Young, who died in October 2021, poses for a photo. Kansas City police are asking for the public’s help in solving his murder.
Joseph Young, who died in October 2021, poses for a photo. Kansas City police are asking for the public’s help in solving his murder. Kansas City Police Department

Over a year after a man was discovered shot in a wrecked vehicle in southeast Kansas City, police are asking for the public’s help to solve the case.

Joseph Young, 57, was found critically injured Oct. 22, 2021 near East Meyer Boulevard and Olive Street, according to Jake Becchina, a spokesman with the Kansas City Police Department.

Around 9:15 p.m. that evening, emergency services responded to a report of an accident and transported Young to the hospital. During treatment, Young was found to have been shot.

Young died some time later, Becchina said.

Police believe Young was operating a vehicle similar to a photo police provided in the Blue Hills area that day.

Police believe Young was operating a vehicle similar to the one in this photo before his death.
Police believe Young was operating a vehicle similar to the one in this photo before his death. Kansas City Police Department

Anyone with relevant information about Young’s death is urged to contact the Kansas City Police Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

This story was originally published February 10, 2023 at 4:23 PM.

Jenna Thompson
The Kansas City Star
Jenna Thompson covers retail news for The Kansas City Star. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, she previously reported for the Lincoln Journal Star and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied journalism and English.
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