Kansas City, Missouri, police identify victim of homicide near 16th, Hardesty

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — UPDATE, Oct. 5, 1:20 p.m. | Police identified the victim as Daniel A. Perez, 34.

The person of interest taken into custody last week remains in custody on "separate charges not related to this incident," per KCPD.

UPDATE, Sept. 30, 6:30 a.m. | The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department says detectives have gathered additional information that led to the identification of a potential subject of interest.

That person is known to be associated with an apartment unit inside the building adjacent to the scene. Officers responded to that apartment and took one adult male into custody for further investigation.

ORIGINAL STORY | Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a homicide near 16th and Hardesty.

Police were called to the area just after 3 a.m. Wednesday on a shooting call.

Callers reported hearing a gunshot in the parking lot of an apartment building and seeing a shooting victim on the ground.

When officers arrived, they were directed to a vehicle in the lot, where they found a man unresponsive on the ground next to it.

Police say the victim died on the scene.

There is no information on a suspect, and no one is in custody.

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