GUNFIRE ECHOES THROUGH KANSAS CITY NORTHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD AS DEAD BODY FOUND AMID INFERNO!!!

Authorities are still investigating this one and aren't yet calling it a homicide.

For now, here's the police narrative . .

Officers responded to the sound of shots fired about 5:30 p.m. at a home in the 5600 block of North Poe Street, where they found a fire in the basement, Kansas City Officer Darin Snapp said.

While putting out the blaze, fire department personnel found a body, according to Snapp, a police spokesman.

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KCTV5: House catches fire, authorities find body

KSHB: KCPD, KCFD investigating body found at house fire

KMBC: Fatal Fire in Northland, KCFD still determining cause

Developing . . .