MIAMI COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a shooting have identified the victim who has died as 41-year-old Jennifer Christine Rodriguez of Belton, Missouri, according to Undersheriff Matthew Kelly.
Just after 7:30p.m. Sunday, deputies responded to the area of 299th Street and Sumerset Road in rural Paola, according to Kelly.
First responders found a woman in a ditch with an apparent gunshot wound. EMS transported her to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Late Wednesday, the sheriff's office reported her death.