Police investigate homicide after man found dead in car
Kansas City police are investigating the death of a man found early Saturday morning in a car.
Officers responded to the 1800 block of east 59th Terrace just before 3 a.m. on a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found a Dodge vehicle that had been driven into the back of another vehicle. Inside the Dodge was the man with an apparent gunshot injury. He was deceased, according to a police release.
Detectives are investigating the death as a homicide.
Preliminary information indicates the shooting occurred not far from where the copper-colored Dodge was located. Anyone with information is urged to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
--Laura Bauer, lbauer@kcstar.com
This story was originally published September 12, 2015 at 8:40 AM with the headline "Police investigate homicide after man found dead in car."