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Police identify man shot and killed outside Kansas City gas station

Homicide detectives were on the scene early Tuesday morning

Police identify man shot and killed outside Kansas City gas station

Homicide detectives were on the scene early Tuesday morning

WHAT LED UP TO IT? MARTIN? WELL, WE DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT LED UP TO IT YET. JUST THAT POLICE GOT A911 CALL THAT THERE WERE GUNSHOTS COMING FROM THE AREA OF INDEPENDENCE AND BEING RUN. ALL OF THAT HAPPENING AROUND 1230 THIS MORNING. NOW, PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE GAS STATION NEAR THAT ADDRESS DIRECTED POLICE OFFICERS TO A CAR WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN IN CITED WHO APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT AND MEDICS COULD NOT REVIVE HIM. DETECTIVES ARE TELLING US THEY HAVE REASONABLE LEAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW WHAT HAPPENED, SO THEY’RE EAGER TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE AS THEY MAY HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE KEY TO FINDING OUT WHAT LED TO THIS SHOOTING. AND EVENTUALLY THE KILLER. NOW, WE’RE COMING TO YOU LIVE THIS MORNING FROM THE KANSAS CITY CRIME LAB. CERTAINLY EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE SCENE WILL BE STUDIED HERE FOR ANY LEADS IN THIS INVESTIGATION. BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THAT’S WHAT HAS DETECTIVES VERY INTERESTED BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE EYEWITNESSES COULD REALLY PUT TOGETHER THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. SO IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE OR IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, ONE GOOD WAY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION TO DO SO ANONYMOUSLY IS THROUGH THE CRIME STOPPERS TIPS HOTLINE. THE RIGHT PIECE OF INFORMATION CAN GET YO
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Police identify man shot and killed outside Kansas City gas station

Homicide detectives were on the scene early Tuesday morning

Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a gas station Tuesday morning.On Tuesday, police identified the victim as 24-year-old Donald Young.Police said someone reported the shooting around 12:30 a.m. outside the Express Stop gas station on Independence Avenue.Officers said they found Young shot and killed inside a vehicle in the parking lot.Authorities believe there were multiple people in the vicinity at the time of the shooting that may have witnessed the shooting. KCPD says the investigation remains ongoing at this time. No further victim or suspect information has been released. Officers ask anyone with information 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.

Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a gas station Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday, police identified the victim as 24-year-old Donald Young.

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Police said someone reported the shooting around 12:30 a.m. outside the Express Stop gas station on Independence Avenue.

Officers said they found Young shot and killed inside a vehicle in the parking lot.

Authorities believe there were multiple people in the vicinity at the time of the shooting that may have witnessed the shooting.

KCPD says the investigation remains ongoing at this time. No further victim or suspect information has been released.

Officers ask anyone with information 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.