Killa City: KCMO homicide, Ashley D. Thomas
Kansas City police say 25-year-old Ashley D. Thomas was the pregnant woman who was shot and killed Friday evening.
Police found Thomas, who was nine-months pregnant, and her unnamed boyfriend shot inside a car outside an apartment building in the 1300 block of East Armor around 5:18 p.m. Friday.
Thomas was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Doctors were unable to save Thomas’ baby. The male shooting victim — reportedly in his late teens to early twenties — is still in critical condition, police say.
Police are not counting the death of Thomas’ unborn child a homicide yet. They are waiting for a ruling from the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office on the viability of the fetus.
A witness saw two men running northeast from the vehicle after the shooting.
If you know anything about Thomas’ death, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
