Crime

Victim in south Kansas City shooting death identified

By Glenn E. Rice

grice@kcstar.com
Police officers dispatched about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 8600 block of East 114th Street found Emorye Spriggs lying in the street. He died after being taken to a hospital, police said.
Police officers dispatched about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 8600 block of East 114th Street found Emorye Spriggs lying in the street. He died after being taken to a hospital, police said. File photo

Police have identified a 20-year-old man fatally wounded Wednesday near the Ruskin Heights neighborhood west of Longview Lake as Emorye Spriggs of Kansas City.

Officers dispatched about 4:30 p.m. to the 8600 block of East 114th Street found Spriggs lying in the street. He died after being taken to a hospital, police said.

Witnesses said a four-door vehicle sped away after the shooting.

Kansas City police ask anyone with information about the shooting to call the Tips Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Glenn E. Rice: 816-234-4341, @GRicekcstar

This story was originally published January 7, 2016 at 11:26 AM with the headline "Victim in south Kansas City shooting death identified."

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