A man is dead after an argument in east Kansas City escalated into a fatal shooting Friday evening, according to police.
Kansas City police officers responded to the 2000 block of Drury Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Friday following reports of a shooting, according to Officer Alayna Gonzalez, a KCPD spokesperson.
Responding officers found the man lying in the street with gunshot wounds, according to Gonzalez. He was pronounced dead following the shooting.
Police investigators believe that the man was shot by another man after the two argued. No suspects have been identified and no one was taken into custody Friday, Gonzalez said.
Friday’s shooting was the 122nd homicide reported in Kansas City this year, according to data collected by The Star. At this time last year, 148 homicides had been reported in the city, according to Star data.