UPDATE, March 22 | The victim was identified as 33-year-old Trenton M. Faulkner.
ORIGINAL STORY, March 20 | Independence police are investigating an overnight homicide.
Police say around 11:15 p.m. Saturday night they found a 33-year-old man shot several times inside a residence on the 10400 block of E. Truman Road. He died at the scene.
Police say a person of interest in the shooting was taken into custody a short time later. However, the circumstances surrounding the shooting are still under investigation.
Identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family.
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