UPDATE, April 7 | The victim was identified by police as Alexander Richardson, 19.
ORIGINAL STORY | Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a homicide near 58th and Askew.
Police were called to the scene around 7:30 p.m. Sunday after they received numerous calls about a shooting.
When officers arrived, they found a man lying in the street who had been shot.
He died on the scene.
Police say their preliminary information indicates there was an interaction between the victim and multiple unknown males.
That interaction escalated to gunfire for unknown reasons.
KCPD reports the unknown males left the scene in an unknown direction.
Several people in the area have provided viable information to help police better understand what happened, KCPD said.
No one is in custody.
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