11-year-old girl found shot inside Kansas City home dies at hospital

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Police said an 11-year-old girl was found shot to death late Wednesday evening in Midtown Kansas City.

Investigators identified her as Kourtney Freeman. She would have celebrated her 12th birthday next month.

Just after 9:45 p.m., Kansas City police responded to a home at 33rd Street and Flora Avenue — just off the Paseo — on a shooting call.

When they arrived, officers were led inside where they found Freeman. She’d been shot and was unresponsive.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead a short time later.

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Detectives said they were talking with people who were at the home when officers arrived and searching for any additional witnesses.

This is the 40th homicide in Kansas City this year, and the child’s death marks the sixth young person killed in Kansas City this year.

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