KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One man is dead after a shooting early Sunday near 1st and Holmes streets in Kansas City, Missouri.
Shortly after midnight, officers were called to the area on a reported shooting.
The victim, identified by police as 55-year-old Elvis Danner, was located in a wooded area near an unhoused camp. Medics on the scene confirmed the man had suffered gunshot wounds and bodily trauma.
Danner died at the scene.
KCPD said while there is no one in custody, there is “no reason to believe there is an immediate risk to the public.”
Investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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