Not sure if anybody knows any more about this, and the story doesn't say it was random but if it was, yikes. Maybe getting hit by the occasional cigg butt or egg ain't so bad.


Homicide victim identified; police seek clues
By KEVIN HOFFMANN
The Kansas City Star



Kansas City police today are searching for clues into the shooting death of a bicyclist found dead Sunday morning alongside a Kansas City roadway.



Robert Osborn, 43, had left his job at an Independence grocery just before the shooting. A co-worker and an off-duty paramedic spotted Osborne lying next to his bike in the 12200 block of E. 47th St. The paramedic unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate Osborn, who was pronounced dead at the scene.



Police said they had few clues. Police think Osborn was shot between 5:30 and just before 6 Sunday morning. The co-worker, who also left the grocery that morning, took the same route home and found his fallen peer.



?There were two or three people that came upon him in a relatively short time,? Sgt. Dave Bernard said.



The shooting was Kansas City?s 114th homicide this year.



See the Kansas City Star on Tuesday for more community news.

It could be for some reason other than because he was a cyclist. Very tragic, nonetheless.

News stories like this is the reason why I've forced myself to bite my tongue whenever I meet up with a jerk car driver. Too many psychos out there.

I have been to a grocery store in Independence.

This was on a solo cross country tour. It was late and an officer approached me about directions and my safety. This was after attending a Royals game last fall (56 weeks ago). I was advised by many and often that the area was unsafe and might be better avoided. In fact, just the night before a baseball player was shot in the leg while on a bus leaving the stadium.

Not a very hospitable area. I suspect the guy was just there at the wrong time, from what I have heard.