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Teenager shot to death Tuesday afternoon outside Kansas City, Kansas, apartment complex

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon outside a Kansas City, Kansas, apartment complex, according to KCK police.

Officers were sent at 2:43 p.m. to the 7400 block of Armstrong Avenue on a reported shooting.

Police found the victim outside an apartment complex.

He died a short time later at an area hospital.

The boy's name has not been released. He was a student in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools District.

No arrests have been made, and no information about possible suspects has been released.

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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.