Kansas City 2023 Homicide #38: Northeast Gas Station Killing

Again . . . Our local numbers are pushing past last year's HISTORIC total at a quickening pace during this low turnout election season.

Here is the overnight report on the latest killing . . .

Homicide Independence Ave and Van Brunt Blvd 

This morning at about 12:30am officers were dispatched to Independence Ave and Van Brunt on a sound of shots call, possible shooting.

On arrival officers were directed to a vehicle in the parking lot of the gas station just east. Inside that vehicle officers located an adult male victim unresponsive with apparent gunshot injury.  EMS responded and declared the victim deceased here at the scene.

Preliminary investigation indicates the shooting occurred in the parking lot in front of the gas station.

Detectives and crime scene investigators are processing the scene for evidence and canvassing for any witnesses. Detectives are hopeful for information to give them more information about what led up to the shooting.

It is believed there were possibly multiple people in the vicinity at the time of the shooting that may have witnessed the shooting.

If anyone saw or heard anything in this area or has any information they are asked to contact the Homicide Unit directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS, there is a reward of up to $25,000 for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS hotline.

We are working with Partners for Peace in all our homicide investigations to monitor risks for retaliation and provide social services to affected residents.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -Police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning. Around 12:30 a.m. Kansas City police were called to Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard for a possible shooting. Once on scene, officers located a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a gas station.

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