KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police officers found a man shot to death Thursday evening in a vacant lot, the third homicide in less than a week in the city.

Officers were sent about 5:30 p.m. to East 20th Street and Monroe Avenue on reports of gunshots, according to a police department news release.

One 911 caller said there was a shooting victim on the ground in a wooded area in a series of vacant lots in the 2000 block of Monroe Avenue.

The victim, an adult male, was declared dead at the scene, according to police.

His name was not released Thursday night.

The shooting likely occurred on East 20th Street between Askew and Monroe avenues. Police said the victim ran from that area to where he was found.

This was the 14th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Missouri.

There were 21 homicides in KCMO at this time last year.

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Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.

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Here’s a look at Feb. 11, 2026, results for each game:

Winning Powerball numbers from Feb. 11 drawing

06-20-33-40-48, Powerball: 05, Power Play: 2

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Midday: 9-2-9

Midday Wild: 2

Evening: 7-4-6

Evening Wild: 1

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Winning Pick 4 numbers from Feb. 11 drawing

Midday: 4-6-9-6

Midday Wild: 6

Evening: 6-0-4-8

Evening Wild: 2

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Winning Cash4Life numbers from Feb. 11 drawing

02-27-30-44-52, Cash Ball: 02

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Winning Cash Pop numbers from Feb. 11 drawing

Early Bird: 06

Morning: 09

Matinee: 14

Prime Time: 13

Night Owl: 05

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Winning Show Me Cash numbers from Feb. 11 drawing

05-09-13-23-33

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The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus released a statement on Wednesday condemning President Donald Trump’s racist and since-deleted social media post that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle.

“This behavior is vile, dehumanizing, and beneath the dignity of any American, let alone the person in the highest public office in our country,” MLBC Chair Rep. Michael Johnson, D-Kansas City, said in a news release. “Such imagery is not accidental or harmless. It echoes some of the most hateful and shameful racist tropes in our nation’s history. It is an intentional attempt to demean, divide, and inflame.” 

Trump’s account on his social media platform Truth Social shared the post last week. The post was taken down after about 12 hours following outrage from both Democrats and Republicans, according to reporting from CNN.

The video promoted false claims that voting machines helped steal the 2020 election, and the Obamas appeared briefly at the end, depicted as apes.

The White House blamed a staffer for the video. 

In the news release, the MLBC called on Missouri’s Republican officials that have been supportive of Trump to publicly denounce his behavior.

“It’s time to stand up and speak out against racism and bigotry,” MLBC Vice Chair Rep. Yolonda Fountain Henderson, D-St. Louis, said in the release. “The time for political courage is now. We must fight back against these attacks that are only meant to divide us.”