KC police identify Thursday homicide victim

The Kansas City Star

A man shot to death Thursday in east Kansas City was identified this morning as 20-year-old Ryan K. Taylor.

Taylor, of Kansas City, was fatally shot about 1:45 p.m. Thursday in the 3000 block of Kensington Avenue.

Witnesses told officers that Taylor had just gotten out of a vehicle and was walking up the steps of a house when two suspects started chasing him. The suspects fired multiple shots. Taylor was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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