One fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in Household Greenback parking zone in Kansas Metropolis: Police

A person was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon within the parking zone of a Household Greenback in south Kansas Metropolis, in keeping with police.

Cops had been dispatched round 4:50 p.m. to the 10400 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard on a reported taking pictures, stated Officer Donna Drake, a KCPD spokeswoman.

Responding officers had been suggested whereas en route that there was a gunshot sufferer within the parking zone of the Household Greenback. The gunshot sufferer, an grownup male, was positioned there and brought by ambulance to an area hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, Drake stated.

Detectives and crime scene personnel had been on scene Tuesday to seek for witnesses and acquire proof. Drake famous the taking pictures occurred on a busy stretch close to a number of companies, and inspired any witnesses who might have left the world out of concern for their very own security to contact police.

“There’s somebody who’s not coming house for dinner to be with their household tonight,” Drake stated, including: “Do the appropriate factor, be a part of the change in Kansas Metropolis, and let’s assist deliver closure to this household.”

Police had no suspect data as of Tuesday night.

The killing marks Kansas Metropolis’s thirtieth murder of 2023, in keeping with data maintained by The Star. In 2022, the second-deadliest year in the city’s history171 had been killed.

Kansas Metropolis police had been asking anybody with details about the taking pictures to contact murder detectives straight at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.