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After a near-record year for homicides, Mayor Quinton Lucas urges Kansas Citians to start the new year right: without deaths due to celebratory gunfire.

In August 2015, the body of 36-year-old Danielle Wilson was found in an alley near the crossing of East 29th Street and Myrtle Avenue. Police and Wilson’s family members urge people with information about Wilson's death to come forward.

The new policy will prohibit officers from using so-called less-lethal weapons to disperse crowds engaging in "First Amendment-protected activities" like public protests.

Those who know the effects of violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri reveal their loss and pain, and what goes best between two slices of bread in this town.

Bonita Jones says of losing her son Barron Shelton, "It's like a part of your heart that's missing."

A new unit will focus on unsolved murders and other serious crimes. The team will work with prosecutors and police departments across the state to get a fresh set of eyes on old cases.

With police departments under scrutiny for their relationship with Black Americans, Kansas City, Missouri's police force has a dismal diversity record, especially in its investigative units.

Lucas says planning for the violence prevention framework has been in the works for nearly a year, but some neighborhood groups say the announcement took them by surprise.

Councilman Brandon Ellington says the money for the program lauded by local health officials would be better spent on smaller organizations that address the root causes of crime.

With homicides up 40% this year, President Trump has decided to attempt to stem the tide by sending hundreds of agents from several federal bureaus to Kansas City, Missouri.

The White House announced the federal operation to address violent crime Wednesday. Some community leaders say federal resources should go toward addressing the cause of violence instead of putting more agents on the ground.

The number of homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, is on track to break records. Jackson County's top prosecutor says police and prosecutors can't stem the tide alone.