By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 5, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police in Kansas City have identified a man they say died in a shooting outside a loft building in the River Market area.

The shooting happened late Monday afternoon, according to a news release from police spokesman Officer Doaa El-Ashkar. Officers called to the area for the shooting found a man - later identified as 41-year-old Charles Shirley - with injuries inside a vehicle parked outside the building, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say detectives interviewed witnesses and gathered evidence, but no arrests in the case had been announced by Tuesday afternoon. The Kansas City Star reported that the shooting death marked the city’s 54th homicide this year.

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