KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death Tuesday morning of a 34-year-old man.
Officers were called just before 8 a.m. to the 4000 block of Brooklyn Avenue after receiving multiple reports of shots fired.
Upon arrival, officers found a vehicle with gunshot damage and located the victim inside the vehicle suffering from multiple apparent gunshot wounds.
Police said the victim, Demetrius Hall, died at the scene.
Crime scene personnel and homicide detectives began canvassing the area for evidence, hoping to gather any witness information.
Detectives are working to determine what led to the murder.
This was the 132nd homicide of the year in Kansas City, Missouri.
There had been 143 homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, at this time last year.
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