By Associated Press - Friday, August 14, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police have identified a man who was found shot to death this week in a grassy lot in Kansas City.

Police were called to the area of Independence Avenue and the Paseo around 1:15 a.m. Thursday for reports of a shooting, officials said, and arriving officers found the body of Montez Blake, 58, in the lot.

Police interviewed witnesses, but no arrests had been reported by Friday afternoon. The death marked the 123rd homicide in Kansas City so far this year, compared with 90 homicides for the same period in 2019.



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