KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A homicide investigation is underway after a man was shot to death Friday morning in south Kansas City, Missouri.
Police responded to the 1300 block of East 81st Terrace to investigate an EMS call and located a man in the back of a residence.
Officers later determined he'd been shot. The man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police later identified the victim as 36-year-old Todd Tillman.
The man's death marks the 108th homicide in KCMO in 2023, which is on pace to record its deadliest year in history.
There had been 101 homicides through the morning of July 14, 2020, when KCMO set a record with 179 homicides.
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