Police investigate homicide in 2900 block of Oakland

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide at 1:22 a.m. Jan. 1 in the 2900 block of Oakland Avenue.

When police responded, officers saw a male in his 20s on the ground deceased from an apparent gunshot wound, according to a police spokesman.

The identity of the victim will not be released until there is positive identification and family notification, the spokesman stated.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.