UPDATE, 6:40 p.m. | Police identified the victim as 25-year-old Zackery Matthews.
While the investigation remains ongoing, KCPD said detectives are "making headway identifying a subject of interest."
EARLIER | A man shot May 17, after a fight outside a residence in southeast Kansas City, Missouri, died Monday at a hospital.
Police said officers were sent at about 4 p.m. to a reported shooting at East 73rd Street and South Benton Avenue.
Officers found the victim in front of a residence.
The case is being investigated as the 61st homicide of the year.
There were 52 homicides at this time a year ago in Kansas City, Missouri.
The victim's name has not been released.
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