NewsKansas City Public Safety

Actions

Kansas City, Missouri, police identify homicide victim from Monday night

KCPD investigating homicide
Posted at 11:01 PM, Oct 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-26 12:34:29-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating the city's latest homicide.

Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of East 105th Street around 9:30 p.m. on a shooting call.

When they arrived, police found a man outside in a parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital where he later died.

KCPD identified the victim Tuesday as 33-year-old Michael Williams.

Detectives and crime scene personnel processed the scene for evidence and sought out possible witnesses, but KCPD did not provide any information on a suspect in the city's 127th homicide in 2021.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477)

For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.

Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.