Argument leads to shooting in which a man is killed in a gas station parking lot in Kansas City

A man was killed in a shooting near a gas station east of Highway 71 on Thursday morning.

Shortly after midnight, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 2200 block of East 31st Street. They found a man with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a Shell Xpress Mart gas station.

Paramedics arrived and declared the man dead at the scene of the accident.

Investigators said an argument in the parking lot led to gunfire and the victim was struck by bullets, Sergeant Phil DiMartino, a Kansas City police spokesman, said in an email.

On Thursday, detectives interviewed witnesses and reviewed all surveillance footage from the area.

Police have not yet released the identity of the victim.

According to data collected by The Star, this murder is Kansas City’s 116th homicide in 2024. During the same period last year, the city had recorded 146 murders.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Homicide Unit directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-8477. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information submitted anonymously to the TIPS Hotline.