{"date":"2026-07-31","prevHash":"f159a9ba4cdda2a8afbce2390c8a006e52983a50107cd7857a6207c034778d6b","items":[{"firstSeen":"2026-07-31T07:16:05.630Z","title":"Man shot Thursday morning dies from injuries hours later","url":"https://www.kshb.com/news/crime/man-shot-thursday-morning-dies-from-injuries-hours-later","source":"KSHB 41","sourceId":"kshb","tier":"major","isoDate":"2026-07-31T06:38:09.000Z","excerpt":"A man was shot in Kansas City, Mo. Thursday morning and died hours later in the hospital. 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