Just after 10:30 p.m., officers were called to the area of Bannister Road and James A. Reed Road on a report of gunshots. Final Daily Homicide Analysis 2020 Final Daily Homicide Analysis 2019 Final Daily Homicide Analysis 2018 . That said, the situation in Kansas' safest cities stands in contrast to that of the state at large. This interactive graphic above is subject to update. At least crime as a whole is decreasing. Little Rock, Tacoma, Pueblo, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cleveland, Springfield and Rockford.About This List. According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wichita is 6,462.8 per 100,000 people. Shortly after, they were directed to Admiral Boulevard and Virginia Avenue where members of the fire department were flagged down by a man in a vehicle who had been shot. 23, 24. Emergency crews declared the three victims dead at the scene. Therefore, KCPDs homicide count is two ahead of FOX4s. The third victim, Harper, later died from his injuries. Skip to Main Content. They discovered two people inside of a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. With nearly 39.2 million residents [8] across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km 2 ), [13] it is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. He was taken to the hospital in a non-emergency vehicle where he later died, police said. A juvenile was taken to a hospital at about 2:40 p.m. after being shot near East 109th Street and Sycamore Terrace, near Sycamore Park, police said. Each of the state's 5 safest cities logged crime rates below state and national levels in both major categories. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods. Police were called to 6800 Kaw Drive to investigate Cervantes-Guillens homicide. SpotCrime crime map shows crime incident data down to neighborhood crime activity including, reports, trends, and alerts. Police responded to a parking lot near Westport Road and Southwest Traffickway where they found a shooting victim. That's 175.48% higher than the national rate of 2,346.0 per 100,000 people and 146.28% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people. Select your ideal criteria and let Scout do the rest. Residents directed officers to a vehicle that had crashed into a fence and power lines near an alley behind a home. 113, 114 and 115. When they arrived, police say he aggressively approached officers with what was believed to be a handgun. Officers responded to a shooting call just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of 16th Street and Oakley Avenue. 42. A man was found dead at about 3 p.m. near a basketball court at Minor Park near Red Bridge Road and Blue River Road. Police were called around 4 a.m. to the 600 block of Rowland Avenue on a reported shooting. He later died at a hospital. He was identifed as Dominik Simmons. Police said a disturbance occurred in the front yard of a residence. Officers were called shortly before 6:10 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 3700 block of West 75th Street, where they found the man dead in an apartment. No other details were released. The man appeared to have been shot. A suspect was taken into custody. Kansas City, MO 64106 Emergency medical personnel arrived but both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. at which point he exchanged gunfire with police. Officers responded to the scene about 1:30 p.m. and found Herrera-Flores dead after a shooting in the 4100 block of Sortor Drive. Up to 44% of these calls concern criminal or suspicious activity. While police were still investigating, a shooting victim arrived at a hospital and said he had been shot at that location. The number of Kansas City homicides reported in 2022 has surpassed last years homicide total of 157. Get Alerts Map; . They found a man in a car inside the park who had been shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene. At about 2 p.m., a shooting left two people wounded one with injuries considered to be life-threatening near East 52nd Street and Euclid Avenue, according to police. . The crime rate in the city is 79% higher than the national average and 43% higher than the national . He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Aviva Okeson-Haberman, 24, on April 26. Here is a list of the homicides reported this year throughout the Kansas City metro area. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. He died at a hospital. Nevertheless, homicide is still at a huge high in Kansas City. Officers responded just after 6: 15 a.m. to the 5400 block of Harrison Street on report of a 4-month-old boy who wasnt breathing. As of Tuesday, Kansas City has now recorded 158 homicides. Police were called around 10 p.m. Sept. 11 to the 6700 block of Manchester Avenue on a reported shooting where they found a man with gunshot wounds at the scene who was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. He was pronounced dead at the scene. person of interest was taken into custody. Police responded about 8 p.m. to reports of an injury crash on Independence Avenue just west of Garfield Avenue. The victim died at a hospital. Witnesses told police a disturbance between the victim and at least one suspect led up to the shooting. parking lot of a business at 60th Street and Prospect Avenue, Brush Creek Towers in the 1800 block of Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard, found a teenager in a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. Arriving officers found the victim, who was taken to the hospital where he died. However, FOX4s independent homicide tracker shows the city had only reached 155 homicides at the time. She died a short time later. As of Tuesday, Kansas City has now recorded 158 homicides. A short time later they found a shooting victim in the street near East 30th Street and Wabash Avenue. Both 2021 and 2022 saw 77 homicides by July 5. A man in his 40s was found dead about 5 p.m. Saturday in a home in the 1800 block of Minnesota Avenue. Officers responded to a shooting just after 7:15 p.m. in the 5600 block of Paloma Avenue where they found Ugwuh suffering from gunshot wounds. Kansas City crime rates are 73% higher than the national average. Arriving officers found a victim suffering from gunshot wounds, who died at the scene. He was taken to the hospital where he later died, police said. Officers were called at about 4:25 a.m. to a hotel room in the 15000 block of East U.S. 40 Highway, near Phelps Road, on a shooting. About an hour earlier, police had responded to reports of gunfire in the 8500 block of Euclid Avenue. He had been shot, and was declared dead at the scene. One of the things I think we can be successful at here in Kansas City is that collaboration, Faulkner told FOX4 in October. At about 2 p.m., police officers heard gunshots in the area of 27th Street and Quincy Avenue. The FBI's 2021 crime stats offer a window into the level of violence in some of America's biggest cities. Crime. People involved in the shooting later arrived at Research Belton Medical Center and the QuikTrip near Missouri 58 and Bel-Ray Boulevard, according to the Belton Police Department. Police responded just after 2 a.m. to the area of 114th Street and Eastern Avenue near Ruskin Way Park on a report of shots being fired in the area. Officers responded to a report of gunshots in the area of 54th and North Summit. Officers responded to Centerpoint Medical Center at about 12:30 a.m. after a woman with a gunshot wound to the head was dropped off near the ambulance entrance. Kansas City, Missouri, is among the U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates. Kristopher Lunsford-Barrett, 23, and Kyle Gerhardt, 21, on March 1. The rate of crime in Kansas City is 51.91 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. Police were initially called to the area after receiving reports of the man firing a rifle into a residence there. Other 08/13/2021 6:34 AM 123 SESAME ST. Other 08/13/2021 6:34 AM 124 CONCH ST. KANSAS CITY, Mo. a male in his late teens who had been shot, He was taken to the hospital where he died, a residence in the 2200 block of Birch Street. No suspect information was immediately available. 8,376,755. In Kansas City, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 23, which is a rate of 43 per one thousand population. Changes to the information may occur, as incident information is refined. Both were declared dead at the scene. The rate of crime in the Kansas City metro area is 35.31 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. They then found the Bruce Baker dead and the initial investigation indicates a homicide. Police found a shooting victim outside the gas station. Kansas City police were called just after 11 p.m. to the area of East 40th Street and Willow Avenue where they found Boyd suffering from gunshot wounds in a parking lot. Based on the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System, the city saw 29,160 crimes in 2021. A standoff ensued after a man refused to leave the home. Official KCPD statistics also show an increase in aggravated assaults (up 21 . He was declared dead at the scene. 26, 27. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he later was pronounced dead. Officers were sent to a call of a shooting and crash at about 9:30 p.m. in the area of East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue. There were 20 murders, 66 rapes, 213 robberies and 607 aggravated assaults or batteries. Police responding to reports of shots fired during a disturbance just after 2:15 a.m. found Kurreem Graves suffering from a gunshot wound in the 7900 block of E 112th Street. He was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. Police were investigating a reported missing person in the Brush Creek Towers in the 1800 block of Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard around 2:45 p.m. when they discovered an adult male dead inside an apartment there. The incident began with a chase in Kansas City, Missouri, that continued into Kansas City, Kansas, and ended when the suspects vehicle crashed behind a convenience store, police said. 71. A standoff ensued after a man refused to leave the home. A teenage girl was found shot dead inside an Independence residence as police were responding to a nature unknown call in the 2300 block of South Crescent Avenue, the police department said. 68. Officers were called at about 7:25 a.m. Sunday to a report of shots fired at a home in the 6800 block of Hawthorne Avenue. Hugo Hernandez-Vasquez, 16, on Dec. 3. Crime. He was declared dead at the scene. Officers responded just before 3 a.m. on the sound of gunshots at East 43rd and Troost Ave, said Officer Donna Drake, a spokeswoman for the department. Police responded to Anderson and Norton avenues about 5 p.m. to reports of a car crash and shooting. Mona Lisa Bruce, 30, and 91. 2014 Crime Statistics. Khasheme Strother, 35, and Raymon Hill, 19, on Feb. 17. There were no suspects in custody. Smith, who had been shot, was pronounced dead at the scene. Kansas City officers responded around 1:35 p.m. to the 3500 block of Independence Avenue, where they found a gunshot victim . Arriving officers found a person dead at the scene. Witnesses told detectives they heard gunshots, but the victims cause of death was still being investigated. A police officer was shot in the head during the an exchange of gunfire, but was released from the hospital hours later. A person of interest was taken into custody. Well, the decision was made by the homicide unit who manages the tracker to leave those entries in until the rulings were made, a KCPD spokesperson said in an email. Officers responded before 1 p.m. to the Extended Stay in the 500 block of East 105th Street, where they found a shooting victim who died in a hotel room. Just before 10 p.m., officers were dispatched to the area of East 40th Street and Wabash Avenue on a call of gunshots, police said. Delgado was shot and killed during an encounter with police after he allegedly tried to break into a home and then engaged officers with a gun at about 4:15 p.m. when they arrived outside of the residence near the intersection of 50th and Vista Street, police said. Officers were called to Olive Street and East Meyer Boulevard on a car crash. That's 10.4% less than 2020, but 22.7% above the 10-year average and 36.2% higher than the pre-pandemic 10-year average. When police arrived, they discovered a Black female dead inside of a vehicle. While the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri (Board) makes every effort to maintain and distribute accurate information, no warranties and/or representations of any kind are made regarding information, data or services provided. Police described the death as suspicious and assigned homicide detectives to investigate. Officers responded after 9:30 p.m. to a gas station at 5901 Troost Ave. where a man who had been shot collapsed after walking into the gas station trying to find help. Other US patent applications are currently pending. Kansas City police had been conducting a suspicious death investigation after being called at about 6 a.m. to meet firefighters at a car fire in the 8100 block of Indiana Avenue. Officers entered his apartment and found the person unresponsive. That victim, Wyatt-Thompson, died the following day. One person who was at the scene when officers arrived was detained for further investigation. Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone. Cordell Marqueise Stewart, 21, of Leavenworth, was charged with first-degree murder. The wealthy, medium-sized St. Louis suburb logged a crime rate just above 1 per 1,000 in 2018, while its property crime rate is just one-third of the national rate. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital and died there. One person is in custody. KCPD investigating death in 1000 block of East 1st Street. Police investigated a homicide in the 900 block of Washington. Jamell Funderburke, 31 on Aug. 2.