Detectives upgrade teen’s death investigation to homicide as search for suspect continues

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Initially ruled as a death investigation, detectives have now classified a teen’s shooting death as a homicide.

The victim was identified on Monday as 17-year-old Camren A. English.

English was found gravely injured around 6 a.m. on June 22 when the Kansas City Police Department was called to the area of 37th and Flora Avenue on a reported shooting.

Responding officers found a car parked on the curb facing the wrong direction. Inside, English was suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics took him to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

The case was not ruled a homicide until Monday, but it remains unclear what led up to the shooting. Detectives are searching the area for any additional evidence, witnesses or surveillance footage. They do not currently have anyone in custody.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.

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