Kansas City, Missouri, police identify woman shot to death Sunday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police on Monday identified a woman shot to death Sunday night on the city's east side.

Police were called around 10:30 p.m. to the 2500 block of Jackson Avenue on a reported shooting.

Officers found 47-year-old Alexis Rayford in a grassy area outside a house with a gunshot wound.

Rayford died a short time later at a hospital.

Police said they have no information on why Rayford was murdered or what led to the deadly shooting.

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