KANSAS CITY, MO. (THECOUNT) — Earl Finch has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting in Kansas City on Sunday afternoon.

Finch, 41, was fatally shot in a Kansas City neighborhood in the city’s first homicide of the year.

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Police officers say they responded to a call of shots fired around noon on Sunday. When they arrived, Finch was found in a driveway suffering from apparent gunshot injuries.

Police determined Finch had be shot multiple times.

Finch was pronounced dead at the scene of gunshot injuries.

No suspect information was immediately available, reports MaryvilleForum.

The killing followed a violent 2019 in which around 150 people were killed.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved man:

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