KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Independence police are investigating an overnight homicide.
Officers were called around 2 a.m. to a business in the 9800 block of E. U.S. 40 Highway on a shots fired call.
When they arrived, they located 45-year-old Carlos Palacio, of Kansas City, Kansas in the parking lot. Palacio was shot and killed on the scene.
Police say the suspect fled the scene before officers arrived.
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