KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department's Major Case Unit is investigating a Monday night shooting that became a homicide when the victim died Tuesday.
Thomas Wheeler, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri, died at a hospital after being shot in the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue, police said.
Police were dispatched to the area around 9:20 p.m. Monday on a shots fired call.
When officers arrived on scene, they found Wheeler suffering from gunshot wounds in an alley.
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