(From the Joplin Police Department)
On 02/28/26 at 01:48 am, the Joplin Emergency Communications Center received a call of gun shots in the 500 block of Joplin Avenue.
Officers arrived on scene and located an adult male subject with apparent fatal gunshot wounds. The suspect fled the scene before officers' arrival.
Detectives with the Joplin Police Department have initiated a homicide investigation.
The victim's name is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
Updated information will be released as the investigation continues.
If anyone has information related to this incident, please contact Sergeant Jason Stump at 417-623-3131 ext. 1620.