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Man dies after Christmas Eve shooting in KC

Posted at 11:48 AM, Dec 25, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-28 17:07:10-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man died after a Christmas Eve shooting in Kansas City, according to a Monday update from KCPD. 

Officers called to a shooting in the 300 block of Garfield around 6 p.m. Sunday found a man in a second-floor hallway with a gunshot wound. Hours later, the man died at the hospital. 

KCPD has identified the victim as 27-year-old Abdi D. Sanweyne of Kansas City, Missouri.

Officers tracked down and arrested a suspect in the shooting soon after arriving on scene, but haven't indicated what charges, if any, the suspect will face. 

Investigators are treating the man's death as a homicide. 

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