KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement in Kansas City, Missouri investigating another homicide have identified the victim as 36-year-old Ashton Hams.
Just t before 9:30p.m. Wednesday, police were dispatched to 10th and Prospect in Kansas City on a sound of gunshots call, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina.
First responders were directed to the east side of the intersection where they located Hams on the ground unresponsive. Officers ordered EMS to the scene who declared him deceased.
Numerous callers reported hearing the sound of gunshots near the intersection of 10th and Prospect and looking out and seeing the victim down on the ground. Preliminary investigation indicates that one or more suspects fired shots that struck the victim at the location where the victim was located by officers. This occurred outside an apartment complex so detectives are hopeful that someone heard or saw something.
Homicide detectives are making headway piecing together the sequence of events that led up to the shooting and identifying involved persons, according to Becchina.