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KCK Police investigating 2 homicides from Sunday night

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Posted at 1:48 AM, May 09, 2022
and last updated 2022-05-10 16:48:46-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating two separate, unrelated homicides that happened Sunday night.

Police say they were first called to the 200 block of North 27th Street at about 8:55 p.m. on reports of a shooting.

When they arrived, they found an adult man shot and killed outside a home.

KCKPD later identified the victim in this case as 27-year-old DeMonte Allen.

At 9:25 p.m., officers were dispatched to 7300 State Avenue on a reported shooting.

When they arrived, they found an adult man who had been shot. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Police also identified the victim in this shooting as 33-year-old Marcus M. Johnson.

No suspects have been identified in either case.