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Woman dies in shooting near 12th Street, Hardesty Avenue

12th and Hardesty Avenue homicide
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating a shooting that left a woman dead on Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened around 3:48 p.m. near 12th Street and Hardesty Avenue.

Officers responded to the area on a shooting. When they arrived, they found the woman suffering from gunshot wounds.

The woman, Ashley Speer, 38, died at the scene.

KCPD said there wasn't a suspect immediately in custody.

The woman's death marks the 38th homicide in KCMO in 2022.