KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Police say a juvenile teen boy was killed overnight in a reported shooting.
Police were called to the 2500 block of East 9th Street about 11:30 p.m.
When they arrived, they found the teen lying in a business parking lot with gunshot wounds. He was later identified as 17-year-old Zafir A. Perkins.
Police say he died on the scene.
Police say their early investigation shows the shots could be heard outside of a business coming from an unknown direction when the victim was struck.
This is the second juvenile teen to be killed in a homicide this week in Kansas City.
Late Sunday night, a 15-year-old boy was killed in a homicide on 71 Highway near 22nd Street.
—
