29 homicides in Kansas City in 2011; two killings come within seven-hour span (updated)

Two slayings in the last couple of days have taken the total number of homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, to 29 for 2011. That’s the lowest number of killings this city has seen at this time in at least the last three years.

But the body count can climb quickly. Within a few hours’ span, the city had two homicide victims on the East Side.