Police investigating homicide in 2000 block of Tremont

Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a homicide in the 2000 block of Tremont, according to a police spokesman.

Police were called to a shooting about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, and found a juvenile male who was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to his chest, the spokesman stated.

The identity of the victim is being withheld until there is positive identification and family notification, police said.

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