Homicide reported near West 44th and Adams

Police are investigating a homicide at 5:57 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, in the 4400 block of Adams Street in Kansas City, Kansas.

Officers were dispatched to a call about shots fired at the location, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman. The site is about a block away from Rainbow Bouelvard.

When they arrived, officers located a 15-year-old victim with apparent gunshot wounds, the spokesman stated.

The victim was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the spokesman. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

No suspect is in custody at this time, the police spokesman stated.

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