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Jackson County deputies investigate homicide in unincorporated Greenwood

Suspect in custody after short car chase
Jackson County deputies investigating homicide in unincorporated Greenwood, Missouri
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte’ said deputies are investigating a homicide in unincorporated Greenwood, Missouri.

The sheriff said deputies were called to the 13000 block of Harris Road on reports of a shooting shortly before midnight Wednesday night.

Inside a residence, deputies located a female victim dead from a gunshot wound. She was identified Thursday afternoon as Kimberly R. Alcorn, 54, in a release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.

A male suspect was arrested after a short vehicle pursuit, Forte’ said.

Kansas City, Missouri, police crime scene investigators were on the scene to assist with the investigation.