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Jerome Simmons

Case from Kansas City, KS dated Jan 05, 2016

Victim Details

Jerome Simmons

Male

Black / African American

Kansas City

KS

2016-01-05

39

Jerome

Simmons

06/22/2026

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On the evening of January 5, 2016, the life of 39-year-old Jerome Devon Simmons was tragically cut short in Kansas City, Kansas. This incident marked the city's first homicide of the year. Police were called to a residence near North 11th Street and Kimball Avenue around 7:25 p.m., where they discovered Simmons deceased at the scene from a fatal gunshot wound. At least three women were also present in the home at the time of the shooting.

Shortly after the shooting, a man named Franklin B ...
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  • Murder charge filed in KCK's 1st homicide of 2016 - KMBC
  • KCK police identify man killed in shooting - Kansas City - KMBC
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