42-year-old man dies after being shot Thursday night at Kansas City, Kansas, park

A 42-year-old man died at the hospital after being shot Thursday night in Edgerton Park in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a spokesman for the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim was identified as Howard Nichols, said Capt. Michael Kroening with the sheriff’s office, which enforces laws in the county’s parks. Nichols was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, where he later was pronounced dead.

Deputies responded to reports of a shooting shortly after 9 p.m. at the park at North Third Street and Edgerton Drive in Kansas City, Kansas. There, they found Nichols suffering from gunshot wounds.

The investigation into the killing is ongoing, and there was no additional information available to be released, Kroening said. No suspect information was available.

The killing is the second homicide investigated by the sheriff’s office in the county parks this year. In late July, 18-year-old Branden Jamal Baskin of Kansas City, Kansas., was killed in a shooting in Klamm Park at 2515 N. 27th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. LaRon Jaka Belcher III, 21, was charged with first-degree murder in the teen’s death.

The sheriff’s office encourages anyone who saw or knows anything about the killing to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).