KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police released the name of a man shot to death in an overnight homicide at an apartment building in the 900 block of Jefferson.
Vincent Taylor, 38, was found by officers after they were sent to the area just after 12:15 a.m. Tuesday on a reported sound of shots call.
While they were on the way, they learned someone had been shot.
When officers arrived, they found Taylor just inside an apartment building.
He died on the scene.
Detectives are trying to determine what led to the homicide.
No information on a suspect or motive in the deadly shooting.
Taylor's death was the 124th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Missouri. There had been 124 homicides at this time last year in KCMO, according to KCPD data.
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