UPDATE, 9:49 p.m. | The victim has been identified as Ernest E. Gibson, 63, according to KCPD.
EARLIER | Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a Wednesday fatal shooting.
About 12:45 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of East 69th Street on a sound of shots call.
While officers were on the way, it was upgraded to a shooting a few houses down from the intersection.
When they arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the front yard of a home.
The victim died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
There is no suspect information at this time.
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