KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, have launched an investigation into a homicide reported late Monday morning.
Police say just after 10 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to 27th & Quincy on a reported stabbing.
Officers arrived and found an adult female suffering from laceration wounds. She was transported to an area hospital for treatment of serious, but non life-threatening injuries.
While on scene, police received information about the location of a possible suspect.
Around 10:30 a.m., officers responded to the 6600 block of E. 16th Street where they located possible crime scene evidence. They were directed inside a residence where an adult female was suffering from unknown bodily trauma. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
A person of interest was taken into custody pending further information.
Detectives are working to determine what led up to the incidents and if the scenes are related.
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