A person of interest in a homicide this morning near 10th and Ivandale was pursued by police officers this morning.
According to a news release from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, officers pursued a red van just before noon that was believed to be occupied by a person of interest in the homicide. The van was stopped in Clay County, Mo.
Other law enforcement agencies helped stop the van, and all occupants were taken into custody without incident, the police spokesman stated. The person of interest was in the van, the spokesman added.
At 3:46 a.m. Jan. 4, police found a man in his mid-50s, injured inside a pickup truck in the area of 10th and Ivandale, according to the spokesman. The man was believed to have been shot near 10th and Montana. The man died later at a hospital.