UPDATE, Feb. 27 | Police have identified the victim as Roberto Salvador Ortega, 20, of Kansas City, Kansas.
ORIGINAL REPORT | Police in Kansas City, Kansas, report one person died early Monday morning in a crash.
Officers were called just before 2:30 a.m. to the intersection of South 10th Street and Gilmore Avenue on a crash and car fire.
First responders located the car on fire and an adult male deceased inside. It was not clear how the male died.
No other vehicles or drivers were involved.
Anyone with information about the incident can anonymously make a report to the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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If you have any information about a crime, you may contact your local police department directly. But if you want or need to remain anonymous, you should contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com. Depending on your tip, Crime Stoppers could offer you a cash reward.
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.
