Police identify homicide victim

Kansas City, Kan., police have identified the victim of a homicide on April 28 in the 800 block of Tauromee.

The victim was identified as Joseph C. Lucas II, 34, a resident of Dodge City, Kan., according to a police spokesman.

Police were called to the residence about 10:52 a.m. April 28 to investigate. They discovered a deceased man on the second floor of a vacant unfit structure, the spokesman said.

The death is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.