Mark Turley, tamale salesman, killed at his thrift store on Truman Road; 110 homicides in KCMO in 2011

  • Mark Turley sold Jim’s Hot Tamales.

The victim of Kansas City, Missouri’s latest homicide was a longtime, well-known tamale salesman.

Mark Turley, 50, was found dead inside his thrift store at 3810 East Truman Road Friday evening. Officers were called to a shooting around 5:15 p.m. They found Turley’s body.

Turley sold Jim’s Hot Tamales from a cart on the corner of Truman and Cleveland for several years, KMBC Channel 9 reported.

Police are still looking for Turley’s killer. If you can help them, call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

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