Kansas City 2017 Homicide #17: 20-Something Man Discovered Gunned Down In The Street

Here's a look at the aftermath of a local morning murder scene that starts what threatens to be another violent weekend in Kansas City.

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"Officer Darin Snapp with the Kansas City Police Department say officers were dispatched to 23rd and Drury around 2:30 a.m. in regard to a person down in the street. Responding officers found a man in his mid 20s dead from an apparent gunshot wound."

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Fox4: KCMO police find man in mid-20s dead in street near 23rd and Drury

KMBC: Man shot to death near 23rd, Drury Avenue . . . Shooter Not In Custody

KSHB: Police investigate 15th homicide in KCMO in 2017

There were 14 murders at this time last year which was a historic 30%+ uptick in killings from the year before that . . .

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