KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a homicide that took place early Friday morning near East 41st Street and Benton Boulevard.
KCPD officers found a man who had been shot lying on the sidewalk unresponsive shortly before 2:00 a.m. He died on the scene.
The victim was later identified as 20-year-old Keith D. Rodgers.
The circumstances surrounding the homicide are still being investigated, according to KCPD.
No suspect is in custody, but homicide detectives and crime-scene personnel responded to the scene to collect evidence and speak with potential witnesses.
There have been 91 homicides in KCMO so far in 2023, according to the latest KCPD Daily Homicide Analysis.
The city is on pace for the bloodiest year in its history. There had been 89 homicides at the same time in 2020 when a record 179 homicides were committed in KCMO.
There had been 71 last year on the way to 170 homicides, the second-most in the cities history.
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