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Lenexa police investigating man's shooting death on Interstate 435 as homicide

Investigation shutdown southbound lanes of I-435
I-435 incident
Posted at 2:35 PM, Jan 12, 2023
and last updated 2023-01-13 13:31:03-05

UPDATE | Lenexa police have identified the dead man as 59-year-old Michael O. Bohnsack.

ORIGINAL STORY | Police in Lenexa are investigating a homicide after finding a man shot to death inside a white Jeep Grand Cherokee in a ditch on Interstate 435.

According to the department, officers responded to the area on reports of a single-vehicle crash at around 5:45 a.m. Thursday morning.

Responding officers located the Jeep, which crashed into a light pole.

It was later determined the man had been shot.

The incident prompted the southbound lanes of I-435 in Lenexa to close on Thursday afternoon for about two hours.

No word on what led to the shooting.

The victim's name was not released Thursday night.