Police investigating homicide at North 1st and Richmond

Kansas City, Kansas, police officers are investigating a homicide in the 1st and Richmond Avenue area.

Police officers responded about 8:30 p.m. July 3 to a shooting call in the area.

Police found that a man in his early 20s had been shot. He was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, a police spokesman stated.

The identity of the victim is being withheld until positive identification and family notification, police said.

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.