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Kansas City, Missouri, police identify man, 58, killed in overnight shooting

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UPDATE, 3 p.m. | Police have identified the victim as Curtis Henderson, 58.

EARLIER | Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating the city's latest homicide.

They were called to the 3600 block of Jefferson Street just after 1 a.m.

Police say they found an adult man on the steps of a home that had been shot.

He died on the scene.

Police say their preliminary investigation indicates that the victim and one or more people had an interaction in front of the home that led to shots being fired and the victim struck.

Police have not identified a suspect.

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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.