Homicide in 900 block of Ohio Avenue under investigation

A homicide on Monday, Nov. 25, in the 900 block of Ohio Avenue is under investigation, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Officers were notified of shots fired and a rolling gun battle in the area of 6th and Tauromee about 6:36 a.m. Nov. 25, a police spokesman stated.

Several more calls came in through dispatch, which led officers to the 900 block of Ohio Avenue, where they found a white four-door vehicle with a deceased man in his early 30s, the spokesman stated. The man, who was in the back seat of the vehicle, had an apparent gunshot wound, police stated.

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