KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police identified Jaquis Jones, 23, as the woman fatally shot inside a car Thursday night near East 55th Street and Wabash Avenue in KCMO.
Police officers were sent to the area of East 55th Street and Wabash Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. to check on the sound of gunshots.
Officers found the 23-year-old unresponsive inside a vehicle mid-block to the south in the east side alley.
Jones was declared dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made in her case.
This was the third homicide of the week in KCMO.
Craig Washington was shot and killed Tuesday night in a gas station convenience store at Gregory Boulevard and Prospect Avenue.
A second man, Ke'Ron Brown, 18, was the victim of an unrelated shooting a little over two hours later in the 8200 block of President Court.
Brown was found wounded in a parking lot and died several hours later.
No word on any arrests in those homicides.
This was the 128th homicide of the year in KCMO compared with 135 at this time last year.
—
If you have any information about a crime, you may contact your local police department directly. But if you want or need to remain anonymous, you should contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com. Depending on your tip, Crime Stoppers could offer you a cash reward.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
