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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — FOX4 is tracking homicide cases in Kansas City, Missouri following the previous two deadliest years on record in 2020 (179) and 2021 (158).

Kansas City surpassed last year’s homicide count in December with just a month to spare.

The FOX4 Kansas City, Missouri Homicide Tracker is updated weekly. The most recent charges can be found on the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office website.

FOX4 contacted the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office and Kansas City, Missouri Police Department for updates on suspects charged in homicides this year.

View details including photos, locations and previous news coverage in this interactive map and in the list below.

If anyone has information on a homicide, they are asked to contact the Homicide Unit at (816) 234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (8477).

January – 14 killed

  • January 5 – Che Jefferson, 35, shot in vehicle in 3500 block of South Benton Avenue then crashed near East 37th Street and South Benton Avenue. Jefferson died a day later.
  • January 6 – Tobias Wilson, 2 months old, taken to a hospital from 4601 NE Winn Road where he was found not breathing.
  • January 6 – Brandon Creath, 34, found fatally shot in vehicle in 5700 block of Agnes Avenue.
  • January 15 – Mackenzie Hopkins, 25, found dead inside home in 7300 block of Wabash Avenue. A child was also injured.
  • January 15 – Maurice Ball, 45, shot and killed inside vehicle in 1800 block of East 78th Street.
  • January 17 – Bradley Hedrick, 41, found shot inside a crashed vehicle at East 12th Street and Topping Avenue.
  • January 18 – Ronnie Rhodes, 65, shot multiple times in 2600 block of East 27th Street. Died January 23.
  • January 22 – Cornelius Flowers Jr., 37, shot and killed behind a home in the 8000 block of Euclid Avenue. Believed to be a possible break-in suspect.
  • January 25 – Pebbles M. Harr, 44, shot and killed on the sidewalk in the 6200 block of St. John Avenue.
  • January 25 – Jenna L. Nava, 34, shot and killed at an apartment in the 8800 block of Crystal Lane.
  • January 26 – Austin Michael Knowles-DeClements, 25, shot and killed inside of a vehicle at East 10th and Olive streets.
  • January 27 – Desmond J. Matthews, 17, shot and killed in the parking lot of a BP gas station at East 30th Terrace and Van Brunt Boulevard.
  • January 29 – Keith A. Nevels, 44, shot and killed in a park in the area of East 28th Street and Brooklyn Avenue.
  • January 30 – Dillon Simmons, 22, shot and killed inside of a home in the 3100 block of Elmwood Avenue.

February – 11 killed

  • February 2 – Shariff Tilghman, 49, fatally shot inside a vehicle at East 17th Street and Crystal Avenue.
  • February 5 – Deron L. Chrisman, 33, shot and killed near East 40th Street and South Benton Avenue.
  • February 7 – Eduardo Salazar, 22, died at North Kansas City Hospital after a shooting possibly in the 700 block of Spruce Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • February 10 – Samuel Zamudio, 62, shot and killed at the Willow Wind Apartments.
  • February 15 – Karvell Stevens, 6, killed in his home on Indiana Avenue.
  • February 20 – Jeffrey E. Nemitz, 50, shot and killed while riding a motorcycle at Benton Boulevard and St. John Avenue.
  • February 21 – Jermaine Jackson, 34, and Ashley Pettiford, 31, shot and killed inside a vehicle at Linwood Boulevard and Agnes Avenue. A child was also injured.
  • February 21 – Way La Baw, 16, was dropped off at St. Luke’s Hospital at the Plaza with gunshot wounds. He died from his injuries.
  • February 22 – Davonte Robinson, 18, was shot and critically injured at 6304 E. 101st St. He was placed on life support and considered deceased in March.
  • February 27 – Sean Winston, 20, shot and killed after police say a homeowner told them Winston broke into their home in the 3800 block of NW 85th Terrace.

March – 10 killed

  • March 1 – Sheryl Turley, 38, found dead near railroad tracks at East 91st Street and Old Santa Fe Road.
  • March 5 – Kenneth Washington, 28, shot and killed at East 24th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard.
  • March 5 – Hannah Leeson, 27, shot and killed inside a home in the 11800 block of N. Illinois Avenue.
  • March 6 – Solana Sagun, 21, shot and killed at East 27th Street and Brooklyn Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • March 9 – John M. Sola, 45, was found injured inside a home in the 4100 block of Pittman Road. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
  • March 14 – Kirk M. Whittaker, 34, fatally shot outside of a gas station in the 8100 block of E. Bannister Road.
  • March 20 – Donnell Cooper Jr., 38, shot and killed in an apartment parking lot in the 11500 block of Holliday Drive.
  • March 25 – Anthony Villareal, 33, fatally shot in the area of East 24th and Quincy streets.
  • March 29 – Danny E. Scott, 52, fatally shot at East Eighth Street and Wheeling Avenue.
  • March 29 – Marshall Ellis, 22, shot and killed at Phillips 66 at 2911 Van Brunt Boulevard. Two people were also injured.

April – 16 killed

  • April 4 – Jeremiah Crow, 31, fatally shot at a home in the 5400 block of Michigan Avenue.
  • April 10 – Creighton Goddard, 20, shot and killed at Mulberry Street and Union Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • April 12 – Manuel J. Guzman, 14, fatally stabbed at Northeast Middle School.
  • April 12 – Ashley Speer, 38, shot and killed in the area of East 12th Street and Hardesty Avenue.
  • April 12 – Alfred Brown, 44, shot and killed inside a vehicle in the Family Dollar parking lot at East 39th Street and Indiana Avenue.
  • April 13 – Keith Gorham, 37, shot and killed at a home in the 3800 block of Wabash Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • April 15 – Skyler Smith, 33, shot and killed at a gas station in the 3800 block of E. Gregory Boulevard.
  • April 15 – Shawn Wiese, 55, was injured at a residential facility at 1514 Campbell Street and taken to a hospital, where he later died from internal injuries. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
  • April 16 – Jeremiah Foster, 36, shot and killed in the 8600 block of Newton Avenue.
  • April 16 – DeAndre Stephens, 40, fatally shot at a home in the 7900 block of Longview Road.
  • April 16 – DeAndre Davis, 35, shot at a home in the 4300 block of Hardesty Avenue. Davis died the next day.
  • April 21 – David L. Bynum, 40, shot at a home in the 8100 block of Wayne Avenue. Bynum died of his injuries a week later.
  • April 22 – Lanita Hart, 47, struck by a car at 4007 Troost Ave. Hart died from her injuries four days later.
  • April 23 – David Tate, 34, shot and killed inside an apartment in the 4100 bock of McGee Street.
  • April 28 – William Jones, 25, shot and killed at Express Stop in the 3500 block of Independence Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • April 29 – Carlos D. Barnett, 24, shot and killed at Ivanhoe Park at East 43rd Street and South Park Avenue.

May – 15 killed

  • May 5 – Marion M. Warden, 22, shot and killed outside a home in the 3800 block of Olive Street.
  • May 5 – Eric Verner, 51, fatally shot in front of a home in the 8300 block of E. Gregory Boulevard.
  • May 6 – Eugene Shaw, 50, and Marcia Boring, 52, found dead from apparent trauma in a wooded area near East Second Street and Lydia Avenue.
  • May 6 – Maurice Boudreaux-Boone, 20, shot and killed in the front yard of a home around East 37th Street and Wayne Avenue.
  • May 10 – Terylle Gorham, 31, shot and killed in the parking lot of an apartment building at East 49th Street and Bellefontaine Avenue.
  • May 12 – Lamont A. Todd, 39, shot and killed in the 3400 block of Forest Avenue.
  • May 14 – Aaron Eichelberger, 42, found shot inside a crashed vehicle near East 88th Terrace and James A. Reed Road. Eichelberger died a day later.
  • May 17 – Andreon Hall, 19, shot and killed near the BP gas station at Linwood Boulevard and Indiana Avenue.
  • May 18 – Quinton Dewberry, fatally shot inside a vehicle in the 3300 block of E. 49th Street.
  • May 19 – Christina Nevels, 36, fatally shot inside a wrecked vehicle at 1224 Linwood Boulevard, next to KCPD’s Central Patrol Division.
  • May 22 – Rahsan Stenson Jr., 17, shot and killed in the street near 79th Terrace and Campbell Street.
  • May 24 – Elijah Flores, 39, shot and killed on the side of the road in the 700 block of Ditman Avenue.
  • May 28 – Dale White, 55, shot in the 3200 block of E. 8th Street. White died over a week later.
  • May 29 – Latefa Baker, 40, shot and killed on U.S. 71 near Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard.

June – 7 killed

  • June 1 – Charles Bradham, 54, shot and killed at an apartment in the 4500 block of Colonial Terrace.
  • June 7 – Rodrick Roland, 32, shot in the 2800 block of Van Brunt Boulevard. Roland died over a week later.
  • June 12 – Thomas Floyd, 48, fatally shot in the lobby of the Crown Lodge at 8500 E. 350 Highway.
  • June 13 – Floyd Helton, 65, shot and killed under the I-670 overpass near West 12th and Genessee streets.
  • June 20 – Kaitlyn Mahurin, 20, shot and killed inside a home in the 2600 block of Cypress Avenue.
  • June 24 – Nigel D. Delon, 31, shot and killed outside of a Family Dollar near 82nd Street and Troost Avenue.
  • June 26 – Sterling Simpson, 26, shot and killed in the 5200 block of E. 29th Street.

July – 19 killed

  • July 3 – I’lishia Richardson, 27, shot and killed outside of a home in the 11300 block of Spring Valley Road.
  • July 4 – Jai’Bryn Johnson, 18, shot and dropped off at Research Hospital.
  • July 4 – Carlos Enrique Collado, 18, shot and killed at a home in the 5700 block of Mersington Avenue.
  • July 4 – Carlos Martinez-Ramirez, 30, found dead near a road in the 8900 block of Longview Road. Police are investigating his death as a homicide.
  • July 6 – Raheem Knox, 26, shot and killed near East 40th Terrace and Vineyard Drive.
  • July 7 – Demarion Benjamin, 25, shot and killed near East 51st Street and Lawn Avenue.
  • July 10- Cardell I. Crawford, 24, killed in a shooting at the Westport Ale House. Five others were also injured.
  • July 13 – Devin Cunningham, 19, shot and killed inside an apartment in the 200 block of West 100th Terrace.
  • July 14 – Angel Rivera-Rodriguez, 32, shot and killed in the parking lot of Best Western Country Inn on Northeast 43rd Street.
  • July 16 – Marvin Yancey, 34, found shot and killed inside a wrecked vehicle in the 8200 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard.
  • July 17 – Shaira Hinton, 27, shot and killed inside a wrecked vehicle in the 8700 block of Sycamore Avenue.
  • July 17 – Jacob Payne, 19, and Carlin Williams, 20, died after a shooting in the 4100 block of East 59th Street.
  • July 23 – Keith Cole, 25, shot and killed in the area of East 39th Street and South Benton Avenue.
  • July 23 – Jourdan Thompson, 27, shot and killed while sitting in a car at East 38th Street and Olive Street.
  • July 23 – Rafael Avila-Mendez, 78, shot and killed inside a home in the 1900 block of Kansas Avenue.
  • July 24 – Denzell D. Swan, 29, fatally injured during an altercation inside an apartment in the 2600 block of East 29th Street.
  • July 25 – Aiden Ayers, 19, found dead in a fire at Vivion Oaks Apartments in the 5000 block of East 29th Street.
  • July 30 – Luis E. Rodriguez, 44, found dead inside a vehicle in the 600 block of Cypress Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, but the cause of death has not been released.

August – 19 killed

  • August 1 – George Richards, 35, shot and killed in the area of East 51st Street and Bellefontaine Avenue.
  • August 2 – Matthew Douglas Jr., 28, shot and killed outside of a loft building at 811 Grand Boulevard.
  • August 4 – Mausheya Jackson, 28, died in a shooting near East 50th Street and Wabash Avenue. Another person was injured.
  • August 4 – Johan Sarmiento-Peralta, 17, shot and killed in the 5000 block of East Eighth Street.
  • August 6 – William Lowe, 44, killed in a stabbing at an apartment complex in the 3000 block of East 49th Street.
  • August 7 – Warner Trotter, 41, shot and killed outside of home in the 3500 block of Garfield Avenue.
  • August 7 – Dejuan Henderson, 34, shot and killed inside a vehicle in the 9900 block of Walnut Street.
  • August 12 – Billy Richardson, 60, found dead near a vacant lot at East 60th Street and Agnes Avenue.
  • August 13 – Myana Henderson, 21, killed in a shooting at the BP gas station at 1900 Independence Avenue. A man was also hurt.
  • August 15 – Salvador Lopez, 56, shot and killed outside of a home in the 2500 block of Elmwood Avenue.
  • August 15 – Kevaun Hughes died and another was injured in a shooting at the Top Spot convenience store at 2640 Brooklyn Avenue.
  • August 18 – Leslie Taylor, 57, shot and killed at East 53rd Street and Brooklyn Avenue. One person was taken into custody.
  • August 19 – John Greer, 22, fatally shot in the 3500 block of Wayne Avenue.
  • August 21 – Marvin Williams, 38, shot and killed in the 1300 block of East 89th Street. A man suspected in the homicide fled with his two children, prompting an Amber Alert.
  • August 22 – Rahjee Byers, 24, shot and killed inside a home in the 5000 block of Olive Street.
  • August 23 – John Ritter, 45, shot and killed near a homeless camp at St. John Avenue and Belmont Boulevard.
  • August 23 – William L. Pearson, 29, found fatally shot in the street at Indiana Avenue and 34th Street.
  • August 29 – Akil Collins, 48, found dead at Kessler Park in the 200 block of Wabash Avenue.
  • August 31 – Etienne Mcewan, 50, found fatally shot in the 1700 block of Gillespie Place.

September – 13 killed

  • September 1 – William Muse, 54, shot and killed in the 3000 block of Harrison Street.
  • September 5 – Tristan Jeffery, 31, killed in a shooting at East 16th Street and South Oakley Avenue. Another person was also hurt.
  • September 5 – Deshawn Dudley, 26, and Dondre Hart, 20, killed in a shooting during a house party in the 7300 block of Manchester Avenue. Two others were also injured.
  • September 11 – Rolland Catron, 50, shot and killed inside a home in the 7000 block of Jackson Avenue.
  • September 18 – Charles R. Bass, 56, shot and killed inside an apartment in the 2900 block of Wabash Avenue.
  • September 20 – Loretta Neal, 27, shot and killed at a home in the 3500 block of Cypress Avenue.
  • September 26 – Davon Bowden, 27, and Desiree Bowden, 2 months old, killed in a shooting inside a home in the 2500 block of Hardesty Avenue. Another person was also injured.
  • September 26 – Maurice Brown, 48, shot and killed on the sidewalk near East 30th Street and Montgall Avenue.
  • September 29 – William Bishop, 25, shot and killed in front of a home in the 4600 block of East 46th Street.
  • September 29 – Cortez Foster, 35, shot and killed during an altercation in front of a home in the 6100 block of Tracy Avenue.
  • September 30 – Antwon Jones, 30, shot and killed inside of an apartment in the 2700 block of Benton Boulevard.

October – 22 killed

  • October 1 – Camila Behrensen, 24, and Pablo Guzman-Palma, 25, found dead inside of a burning apartment in the 4100 block of Oak Street.
  • October 1 – James Fisher, 31, was fatally stabbed in the 500 block of Gladstone Boulevard.
  • October 2 – Kameela Brown, 31, shot and killed in the 4400 block of Monroe Avenue.
  • October 7 – Ashley Martinez, 32, and Donald Owens, 36, found shot to death outside of a home in the 6700 block of South Benton Avenue.
  • October 13 – Joseph Randall, 40, shot in the 8100 block of Paseo Street and later died from the injuries.
  • October 13 – Karl Winn, 36, found dead at a home in the 6200 block of Tracy Avenue.
  • October 14 – Daniel Busick, 19, shot and killed in the 8000 block of Wayne Avenue.
  • October 15 – Tony Caldwell, 64, fatally shot in the 7100 block of East 112th Street.
  • October 16 – Two people found dead at Northeast 48th Street and Randolph Road. The medical examiner’s office ruled the deaths as a murder/suicide.
  • October 16 – Dakota Rogers, 18, killed in a shooting followed by a crash at Northeast Vivion Road and North Oak Trafficway. Another person was also hurt.
  • October 17 – Chantell Gibson, 35, and Austin Scott, 26, found with apparent injuries inside an apartment in the 8700 block of Chestnut Circle.
  • October 17 – Era’Shae Johnson, 23, fatally shot inside of a vehicle in the 5600 block of Norton Avenue.
  • October 19 – Donald Moore, 21, shot and killed at East 12th Street and Grand Boulevard.
  • October 21 – Cameta Glenn, 34, fatally shot inside a vehicle at I-35 and I-70.
  • October 23 – David Thomas, 36, shot and killed at an apartment complex in the 3200 block of Quincy Drive.
  • October 25 – James Brown, 31, killed in a shooting at a bar at 5709 Troost Avenue.
    Two others were also hurt.
  • October 30 – Javier Cervantes, 18, found dead by a pond near the park at Topping Avenue and East 24th Street.
  • October 30 – Christopher Beaugard, 35, shot and killed behind an apartment building in the 9300 block of Bales Avenue.
  • October 30 – The remains of Sirrena S. Truitt, 53, were found in a backyard in the 5600 block of Paloma Avenue and Oakley Avenue.

November – 11 killed

  • November 3 – Ivy House, 4, found dead inside a home in the 5700 block of St. John Avenue.
  • November 15 – Kevin Slape, 50, shot and killed outside of a home in the 5800 block of East 20th Street.
  • November 21 – Arreyues Burton, 20, shot and killed inside of an apartment in the 1300 block of East Armour Boulevard.
  • November 22 – Montez Mack, 20, and Leerick Kelley, 20, shot and killed near East 28th Street and Prospect Avenue.
  • November 23 – Alan Young, 32, found dead in the front yard of a home in the 3700 block of East 56th Street.
  • November 24 – Shawn Byrne, 41, shot and killed at a house at East 84th Street and Olive Street.
  • November 27 – Devohn Dudley-Reese, 16, and Jazion Sanders, 18, were killed and one was hurt in a shooting at East 38th Street and Garfield Avenue.
  • November 28 – Dustin Niehouse, 29, died at a liquor store at 4305 Northeast Antioch Road.
  • November 30 – Patrick George, 42, found suffering from physical trauma died on the sidewalk near West Armour Boulevard and Broadway Street.

December – 11

  • December 1 – John Sims, 57, found dead at an apartment in the 6400 block of The Paseo.
  • December 1 – Geralo Singh, 39, shot and killed at a home in the 3200 block of Lockridge Avenue.
  • December 6 – Shayla Curts, 22, shot and killed inside a home in the 4900 block of Bellefontaine Avenue.
  • December 7 – Joshua Williams, 27, shot and killed outside a convenience store at East Truman Road and The Paseo.
  • December 10 – Tyler Wallace, 27, shot and killed at a home in the area of East 107th Street and Newton Avenue.
  • December 13 – Terrance Elbert, 53, and an unidentified person were shot and killed at an apartment in the 700 block of Olive Street.
  • December 14 – Curtis Henderson, 58, shot and killed outside a home in the 3600 block of Jefferson Street.
  • December 21 – Shavon Key, 18, fatally shot inside an apartment in the 8000 block of North Denver Avenue.
  • December 30 – An unidentified man shot and killed in the 6900 block of East 17th Street.

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