Kansas City police are investigating a homicide in the Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast neighborhood.
Officers were dispatched Saturday afternoon to the 3800 block of Bales Avenue, according to Officer Donna Drake, a spokeswoman for the department.
The victim’s death is Kansas City’s 16th homicide recorded this year, according to data kept by The Star. Last year, the city suffered the second-deadliest year on record with 171 killings, the majority of which were the result of gun violence.