Update 4/24/2024 – The Kansas City Police Department has identified the victim in the homicide outside a business in the 6000 block of Leavenworth Road. KCKPD says the victim is Gerald Jones II who was a resident of Kansas City. No other details are available at this time.
Original – A man has been fatally shot in Kansas City, Kansas. The victim was found deceased in the parking lot of a business on Leavenworth Road. In a news release, the Kansas City Police Department said its detectives are investigating the city’s seventh homicide of the year.
Around 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 6000 block of Leavenworth Road for a report of a shooting. At the scene, officers found an adult male victim in the parking lot of a business. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.
KCKPD’s Major Case Unit is investigating the homicide.
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