Homicide investigated near 1st and New Jersey

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide at 10:44 p.m. Thursday, May 10, near the 100 block of New Jersey Avenue.

Officers responding to a shots fired call found a sport utility vehicle to the east of the 100 block of New Jersey, in the woods, a police spokesman stated.

When officers approached the vehicle, they found a man inside, dead from an apparent gunshot wound, the spokesman stated.

Police are withholding the name of the victim until there is positive identification and family notification.

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.