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UPDATE: Suspect charged in fatal alley shooting

Posted at 10:35 AM, Jan 30, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-06 21:23:58-05

UPDATE 2/6: Police have charged 29-year-old Lorenzo D. Washington of Kansas City, Mo. with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. 

Washington has been charged with fatally shooting 52-year-old Thomas Kuzila Jr. on Jan. 30. 

Police records show that Washington and Kuzila spent the day together. Washington later allegedly lured Kuzila into an alley where he shot him to death. 

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Police responded to a call of shots fired early Saturday morning to discover a man dead in the alley in the 100 block of Brooklyn.

Police were called to the scene about 1:00 a.m., and upon arrival discovered a man dead in the alley. Police later identified the victim as 52-year-old Thomas Kuzila Jr. 

Authorities say are looking two unknown parties in connection to the death. The suspected vehicle they were driving was a black 2009 Ford F-250.

Neighbors told 41 Action News the owner of the home is out of town and rents the home out.

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477. 

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