One dead after overnight shooting, following car crash in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One man is dead after being shot following a car crash on Kansas City’s eastside.
Just after midnight Monday morning, Kansas City police officers were sent to the area of 23rd Street and Topping for a crash.
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While officers were on their way, the call was upgraded to a shooting, with a person shot inside the car.
When officers arrived, they located a man who was a shooting victim. He was unresponsive inside a car. He was identified as 29-year-old Nelson Medina.
EMS took Medina to the hospital for life-threatening injuries. He later died at the hospital around 5 a.m. Monday.
Police believe the shooting took place nearby in the area of Blue Valley Park. There is no information about a suspect at this time.
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KCPD’s Homicide Unit will take over the investigation, which is ongoing.
If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact detectives at 816-234-5043 or anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.
