KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person died in an apparent homicide overnight near East 19th Street and Kensington Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
KCPD officers responded to the area just after 3 a.m. on a reported shooting and located a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds just east of the intersection.
He was declared dead at the scene.
Police identified the shooting victim Monday as 29-year-old Rontez Stephens.
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