THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Here is a list of the victims and when and where they died. The most recent homicides are at the top of each city’s list.
Kansas City
23. Unknown male, on March 9.
Police responded to a shooting call in the 9300 block of Bales Avenue and found a man dead.
22. Lonnie M. Montgomery, on March 6.
Police responded to a double shooting in the 100 block North Drury Avenue where they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One later died at a hospital.
21. Gregory Fields, 29, on March 4.
Police found the victim fatally shot inside of a car in the 3700 block of Garfield Avenue.
20. Michael Hawkins, 32, on Feb. 28
Officers responding to an ambulance call in the 3600 block of Flora Avenue found a man deceased. Cause of death undetermined.
19. Julius Harris, 36, on Feb. 28.
Police found shooting victim inside a car parked on the side of the roadway at 39th Street and Bruce Watkins Drive.
18. David C. Lenox, 66, on Feb. 27.
Police responding to an ambulance call found a man’s body lying in the street inside the Willow Creek Apartments complex in the 9900 block of Walnut Drive.
17. Leroy Farris, on Feb. 24.
The shooting happened in the 2500 block of Bellefontaine Avenue. A woman tried to hit a person she was arguing with but the weapon fired and struck him as well as another man.
16. Unknown male, on Feb. 12.
Police found a cutting victim dead about 3 a.m. in at a residence in the 4200 block of North Bellefontaine Avenue.
15. Michael C. Day, 23, on Feb. 10.
Police responded to a shooting call in the 2300 block of Drury Avenue and found the victim sprawled in the street.
14. Christina Cunningham, 23, on Feb. 4.
Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper found victim after responding to what he thought was a stranded motorist.
13. Elizabeth M. Brown, 49, on Jan. 29.
Police were called to the 6600 block of the Paseo and found the body of a woman, believed to be in her 40s.
12. Unknown on Jan. 28.
Relatives looking for Jessica Runions located the body of a deceased male near South Brighton Avenue and 53rd Street.
11. Darrious Smith , 22, on Jan. 28
A shooting in Kansas City early Saturday took the life of a man, and put a woman in a local hospital.
10. Warren Jackson III, 23, on Jan. 27.
Officers found victim after responding to a shooting call in the 5500 block of the Paseo.
9. Brandon Herring, Jan. 21
Police found the decomposed body in a creek bed near East 67th Street and Lewis Avenue.
8. Raymond C. Jones, 58, on Jan. 20
Police responding to a shooting found the victim’s body lying in the street at 82nd Street and Troost Avenue.
7. Brenda Vera, 24, on Jan. 18.
Police responding to a shooting call in the 2500 block of Lister Avenue found victim inside of a truck.
6. Juan Marin, 57, on Jan. 16.
Police dispatched on an ambulance call found a man dead in the 1200 block of Admiral Boulevard.
5. Shaymaa Saudi, 35, on Jan. 16.
Westbound vehicle on St. John Ave. veered off the road and struck a metal utility pole. Victim later died at a hospital.
2.3.4. Darrell E. Thomas, 29, Victoria Brown, 28, and Ali Brown, 20, all of Kansas City, on Jan. 12.
Three men in a dark-colored car reportedly fled the scene after shooting five people inside a third-floor apartment in the 8600 block of East 62nd Street. Ali Brown’s 2-year-old son and a fourth adult in the apartment survived.
1. Donald Coty, 20, on Jan. 10.
Police sent to 12th Street and the Paseo on a reported shooting found Coty dead inside a bullet-ridden vehicle that had stopped in a traffic lane.
Kansas City, Kan.
5. Nathan Kiesling, 19, on March 9.
Police found a man shot to death shortly before 10 p.m. outside a residence in the 1400 block of South 35th Street.
4. Michael Dickerson, 56, of Kansas City, Kan., on Feb. 26.
Dickerson was found shot to death outside a residence in the 1800 block of Cleveland Ave.
3. Adam Salazar, 24, of Kansas City, Kan., on Feb. 23.
Salazar was shot at 22nd Street and Parallel Parkway. He was taken to a hospital by ambulance where he later died.
1.2. James Christopher III, 45, and Alfred Vine Jr., 28, both of Kansas City, Kan., on Feb. 7.
The men were found shot to death inside a house in the 400 block of Greeley Avenue.
Riverside
1. Davon Rivera-Wright, 20, on Jan. 5
Rivera-Wright was shot to death in the 5300 block of Northwest Karen Boulevard. Police did not release a motive.
Independence
2. Yadira Gomez on Jan. 30
Police were call to a residence in the 600 block of N. Peck Court and woman who had been stabbed to death. A person of interest was taken into custody.
1. William L. Elliott, 41, on Jan. 17
Police responding to a shooting call found the victim in the 1500 block of S. Cedar Avenue.
Raytown
1. Dominique D. Byers, 23, on Jan. 28
A man was found shot to death in the parking lot of the Dirty Bird Bar & Grill, 6600 Blue Ridge Road.
Leavenworth
1. Gary Frantz, 54, on Jan. 27
Frantz was shot multiple times in the 400 block of South Esplanade St. Police classified it as a domestic violence case and arrested a female suspect.
Overland Park
1. Anthony L. Shuster, 28, on Feb. 2
A 28-year-old man was found dead inside an apartment after a double shooting at an apartment complex in the 7500 block of West 106th Street.
Olathe
1. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, on Feb. 22.
Kuchibhotla was one of three men shot at Austins Bar & Grill.
