Homicide reported near 63rd and Tauromee

Kansas City, Kansas, police responded to an accident call near 63rd and Tauromee on Sunday afternoon, and the death of the driver is being investigated as a homicide, according to police.

Officers arrived at 1:26 p.m. Sunday, March 11, in the 6300 block of Tauromee, a police spokesman stated.

The officers saw a white Chevy Suburban that had struck a tree, and the driver of the vehicle was dead from an apparent gunshot wound, according to the spokesman.

The deceased driver was a man in his 30s, according to police. There was no suspect information available.

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