UPDATE, May 4 | The victim was identified as 27-year-old Edwin Cox Jr.
ORIGINAL STORY, April 29 | Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a homicide in the 7600 block of Monroe Avenue.
Police were called to the area around 3:30 a.m., where a shooting was reported at the East Village Apartments.
Later Thursday morning, police said a fight likely broke out inside an apartment between people who lived there, which escalated to the shooting outside.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man who'd been shot and performed life-saving measures.
He was taken to a local hospital, where he died shortly before 5:00 a.m.
Per the department, it is the 50th homicide of the calendar year in Kansas City.
While detectives are in the process of interviewing potential witnesses, anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477 to submit a tip anonymously.
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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 41 Action News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the 41 Action News Mug Shot Policy.
