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KCPD investigating overnight homicide at 13th and Paseo

14TH AND PASEO
Posted at 3:59 AM, Dec 29, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-30 22:13:19-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating a homicide near East13th Street and The Paseo.

Officers were initially called to the area of East Truman Road and Brooklyn Avenue around 2:30 a.m. for a reported shooting.

Police canvassed the area and found a vehicle at East 13th Street and The Paseo with a gunshot victim inside.

Dennis Hyman, 40, was declared deceased.

Southbound Paseo Boulevard was closed for several hours for the investigation.

It is the city's 158th homicide of the year.

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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.