Police investigate homicide in 500 block of South 12th

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, in the 500 block of South 12th Street, according to a police spokesman.

When they arrived at the location, officers found a victim, a man in his 30s, who had been shot, the spokesman stated.

The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, and died there, according to the spokesman.

The identity of the victim will be released upon positive identification and family notification, the spokesman stated.

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