Jul 05, 2024

Homicide: Woman shot in vehicle in KC gas station parking lot

Posted Jul 05, 2024 9:00 AM
Photo courtesy KCTV
Photo courtesy KCTV

KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement investigating a deadly Kansas City shooting have identified the victim as 23-year-old Tykeedra Henderson, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina.

Just after 1a.m. Wednesday police were dispatched to a shooting at a gas station parking lot at 31st and Bell in Kansas City, according to Becchina.

First responders located Henderson unresponsive inside a vehicle in the parking lot.  Officers summoned EMS to the scene who declared the her deceased.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim was in a vehicle in the north side of the parking lot when shots were fired by unknown suspects, from outside her vehicle into it, striking her. Henderson's vehicle then rolled to a stop on the south side of the parking lot where officers found it.