Monday, May 4, 2009

Victim of homicide at Grand Slam Liquors identified


PRESS RELEASE:


Police have identified the man killed at about 10 a.m. May 3, at 6th and Grand as Pierre E. Parker, 21 years old, of Kansas City, Mo.

Officers were dispatched to 6th and Grand (Grand Slam Liquors) at about 10 a.m. Sunday on a shooting. On arrival, officers found Parker suffering from at least one gunshot wound lying in the east parking lot. MAST Ambulance was called to the scene and pronounced the man dead from his injuries.

An unidentified vehicle occupied by two black males was reported to have left the scene at the time of the shooting. Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the TIPS Hotline at 474-TIPS (8477). The investigation is continuing, and no one is in custody.