KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Law enforcement investigating a Sunday afternoon homicide in Kansas City, Missouri have identified the victim as 51-year-old Marcus Gammage, according to KCPD Officer Alayna Gonzalez.
Just after noon Sunday, police were dispatched to 27th and Troost in Kansas City on a reported shooting, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino. As officers arrived they located Gammage in a vehicle, suffering from a gunshot wound. Kansas City Fire and EMS responded and transported him to a local hospital with critical injuries.
A short time later medical personnel declared him deceased at the hospital.
This is being investigated as a homicide and no one is in custody. Detectives are working to determine what led to shots being fired and the victim being struck.