A man was killed Tuesday in a deadly shooting near a bus stop in south Kansas City.
Kansas City police responded to the intersection of 51st St. and Prospect Ave. around 1 p.m., where a man was lying on the sidewalk, said Officer Alayna Gonzalez, a police spokesperson.
The man, who was lying near a bus stop, appeared to have multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency responders arrived around the same time as police and took the victim to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, police said.
There were several witnesses to the shooting, although no one was in custody Tuesday afternoon, Gonzalez said.
Representatives from KC Mothers in Charge, a group that supports families in the aftermath of killings, were also on the scene Tuesday to meet with family members of the victim.
Tuesday’s shooting was the 60th homicide this year in Kansas City, according to data collected by the Star. By this time last year, 70 murders had been reported in the city, Star data shows.
According to Star data, a third of all murders reported in the city since January 2024 took place in broad daylight – between dawn and dusk. Of these twenty deaths, at least 18 were shootings.
