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.
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