Raytown police identify victim found shot to death in driveway on Christmas Eve
Editor’s note: The Star has updated this reporting to remove the male name originally provided by police to identify the victim, after Kansas City LGBTQ advocates said police and the media were misidentifying the victim.
Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting that happened in Raytown on Christmas Eve.
A Kansas City resident, Amber Minor, 40, was identified as the victim Tuesday.
At 8:35 a.m. on Dec. 24, officers were dispatched to the 9800 block of 77th Terrace on a report of a body lying in a driveway. When officers arrived, they found a victim that had suffered an apparent gunshot wound.
Minor was pronounced dead at the scene.
Raytown police are investigating the incident and are asking anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477.
This story was originally published December 26, 2023 at 1:16 PM.
