Homicide reported at 78th and I-70

Police are investigating a shooting on the road at 9:16 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at 78th and I-70 in Kansas City, Kansas. One person is dead, a police spokesman said. Northbound 78th Street from Riverview Avenue north to I-70 is currently closed for this investigation. (Staff photo)

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide at 9:16 a.m. Nov. 3 at 78th and I-70.

A police spokesman stated that officers responded and found a male victim deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. He was inside a car.

The spokesman stated that a preliminary investigation revealed the victim and suspect vehicles were at a red light in the area of 78th and Elizabeth. When they began traveling south on 78th, the suspect began shooting at the victims, the spokesman stated.

The victim fled south on 78th Street, but then wrecked into another vehicle south of I-70 after being shot, the spokesman said.

The suspects fled in an unknown direction, according to the spokesman.

A second individual in the victim’s car may have left the scene of the accident before officers arrived, and police are trying to identify that person, the spokesman said.

Anyone with information should call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.