KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to two separate homicides on Thursday night.
The first incident happened just after 8:30 p.m. in the 4200 block of Agnes Avenue.
Officers responded to the scene on reports of a disturbance.
While en route, officers learned someone may have been shot.
Upon arriving to the scene, a man was located on the front porch of a home suffering from gunshot wounds.
The man died from his injuries on the way to the hospital, police said. He has been identified as Rodney Garner, 58.
A person of interest, an adult man, was taken into custody for further investigation.
The second incident happened just before 9:45 p.m. in the 6300 block of Manchester Avenue.
In that case, officers say they found an adult man inside an apartment that had been shot.
He died on the scene. He has been identified as Michael D. Porter, 36.
Police say their preliminary investigation shows the man and the suspect, also an adult man, were involved in a verbal altercation that led to shots being fired.
Police say the suspect left the scene in an unknown direction before police arrived.
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Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
