Crime & Safety
Kankas City Police Seek Suspects In May 4 Homicide
Detectives have located the car, which was a rental vehicle, but need to know who was using it at the time of the shooting.
May 19, 2020
Police are looking for two men captured on video leaving the scene of a homicide May 4.
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Just before 5:30 p.m. that day, officers were dispatched to 500 E. 3rd St., the Cold Storage Lofts, on a reported shooting. Officers located a man deceased inside a vehicle in the circle drive at the entrance to the lofts. Witnesses said two men approached the parking lot's entrance. One of them shot the victim, who was sitting in a burgundy-colored vehicle in the circle drive. After the shots, the two suspects ran eastbound on 3rd Street.
The victim was identified as 41-year-old Charles Shirley.
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Police located video of the suspects returning to a blue car after the shooting. Detectives have located the car, which was a rental vehicle, but need to know who was using it at the time of the shooting.
Anyone with information that can help detectives please call the homicide unit at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS. Information leading to an arrest could result in a $25,000 cash reward.
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