Police investigate homicide in 1200 block of Ruby

Kansas City, Kan., police are investigating a homicide at 10:42 p.m. Nov. 27 in the 1200 block of Ruby Avenue.

A police spokesman said officers responded to a call to check on a man who was lying on a bridge in the 1200 block of Ruby Avenue in Kansas City, Kan.

When they arrived, officers found a man of unknown age, who was dead from an apparent gunshot wound, the police spokesman said.

The identity of the victim is not being released until there is positive identification and family notification, according to the spokesman.

The Kansas City, Kan., Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.