KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating two homicides from overnight Friday night into Saturday morning.
Just before 11:30 p.m. Friday, KCPD received a report of the sounds of shots fired. While officers were en route, the call was upgraded to a reported shooting.
Officers located an adult male who was struck by gunfire in the front yard of a residence in the 600 block of E. 110th Terrace. The man was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
Police later identified the victim as 23-year-old Ja'carious I. McKissic.
Several hours after the 110th Terrace shooting, officers responded to a report of an individual down in the street near 50th Street and Prospect Avenue.
Officers responded around 4 a.m. and located an adult male who had been shot. The man, identified by KCPD as 45-year-old Darryle A. Lee, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Nobody is in custody in connection to either shooting, per police.
Anyone with information on either homicide is asked to call homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
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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.
