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Cortez Hanley

Case from Kansas City, MO dated Jun 07, 2017

Victim Details

Cortez Hanley

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Kansas City

MO

2017-06-07

2017-06-07

28

Cortez

Hanley

07/09/2026

1


Area Body Found:

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On the early morning of June 7, 2017, a violent scene unfolded in the 7100 block of Monroe Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Around 1:00 a.m., the quiet of the neighborhood was shattered by a barrage of gunfire that residents later described as sounding like a war zone. Inside a vehicle parked outside a blue duplex, three men were sitting together when they were targeted by an unknown assailant or assailants. Police arrived to find 28-year-old male Cortez Hanley, along with 28-year-old Chad Cain ...
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