Police investigating homicide in the town of Harrisonville

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Police are investigating an early-morning homicide in the town of Harrisonville in western Missouri.

Television station KSHB reports that Harrisonville police were called around 2 a.m. Monday to a convenience store on Route 291.

Officers arrived to find a person with an apparent stab wound. The person was rushed to a hospital, but died from their injuries.

Police have not released the victim’s name, but say detectives are investigating a related crime scene at a commuter lot near the convenience store.

Police in Kansas City have been asked to help with the investigation.