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Man dies in shooting related to disturbance at construction site Friday morning in Merriam, police say

Shooting and crash scene on Shawnee Mission Parkway
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UPDATE, Nov. 26 | Police identified the victim as 37-year-old Jentre Demarkus Parker-White, of Kansas City, Kansas.

Investigation into the incident continues.

No arrests have been made.

ORIGINAL STORY | A man died in a shooting Friday morning in Merriam, police said.

At about 8:15 a.m., officers responded to a disturbance at a construction site in the 8800 block of Shawnee Mission Parkway.

During the disturbance, gunshots were fired, police said.

While responding to the disturbance, officers learned there had been a crash at the intersection of Johnson Drive and Slater Street.

Police responded and located the unidentified victim suffering from gunshot wounds.

The man was transported to an area hospital and later died.

Police said the crash and disturbance were related. Everyone involved in the incident has been located.

No word on what led to the violence, but the investigation continued.