Richard Gonzalez Obituary – Kansas City police were called to a shooting early Saturday morning that left a 31-year-old man dead in a front yard. According to KCPD, officers were called around 2 a.m. in the morning to a Mercier Street house about a shooting.
When they arrived they found 31-year-old Richard Gonzalez lying dead in the front yard of a house, authorities detailed. Police attempted to revive him and called EMS, but it was too late. It has been ruled a homicide by the KCPD.
This shooting occurred in what is considered a part of downtown Kansas City, Missouri not far from the Kansas border. To be more precise, it happened just east of train tracks, south of Primitivo Garcia Elementary School and north of Observation Park.
KCPD is asking for anyone who may have heard or seen anything in this area to contact detectives directly at 816-234-5043, or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.