In the early morning hours of August 30, 2023, Joseph Burns III, a 51-year-old man, was found shot to death in the front yard of a vacant apartment building in the 2900 block of Prospect Avenue in Kansas City. Police discovered his body in a fetal position around 5:30 a.m. after he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical crews arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead.
Investigators believe the shooting may have stemmed from an argument. At the time of the incident, no
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