A dispute over a missing phone and charger in Kansas City, Missouri, ended with the death of 21-year-old Solana Sagun. On March 6, 2022, Sagun and a friend drove to the Santa Fe neighborhood near 29th Street and Montgall Avenue to retrieve belongings they believed were at a man’s residence after a date the night before. A man identified as 21-year-old Brandon K. Bowman emerged, an argument followed, and Bowman allegedly fired into the occupants’ Jeep Laredo.

Police were called shortly before 2:00 p.m. and found the bullet-riddled Jeep near 27th Street and Montgall Avenue with the passenger-side door and window shattered. Both women were taken to hospitals; Sagun died of her wounds at Truman Medical Center while her friend was listed in stable condition. Investigators say surveillance video shows Bowman leaving his home, pointing a handgun and firing; shell casings were recovered at his residence.

Bowman was charged by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of armed criminal action. During a police interview he allegedly admitted firing at the vehicle and said he felt threatened, and he also said he had accidentally taken Sagun’s phone and left it at a liquor store for her to pick up.

Did anyone in the Santa Fe neighborhood see the Jeep or the confrontation near 29th and Montgall that afternoon?