KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The death of a shooting victim marks the 181st homicide of 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri — the most homicides to ever occur in a single year in the city.
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department said an adult man died from a critical gunshot injury he suffered on Thursday morning.
Around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, police responded to the 3300 block of Askew Avenue on a medical call.
Officers located an unresponsive adult man with unknown injuries in the garage of a residence at the scene.
Police and EMS attempted treatment on the man and he was transported to an area hospital with critical injuries.
"No one who was at the scene when officers arrived was able to provide any indication of what led up to the victim being injured," KCPD stated in a release.
Once the man arrived to the hospital, medical professionals determined that he had been struck by gunfire, prompting KCPD assault unit detectives to investigate the incident.
Police were informed Friday night that the victim, identified as 31-year-old Daniel Moss, had died from injuries. KCPD homicide detectives took over the investigation.
A shooting Friday night in the 5200 block of Lyon Avenue in KCMO marked the city's 180th homicide of the year, cementing 2023 as the deadliest year in the city's history.
2020 was the previous deadliest year on record in Kansas City, Missouri, with 179 homicides.
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