A Kansas City neighborhood was shaken on the evening of Saturday, January 15, 2022, when a car was found stopped in the front yard of a home at 78th and Hickman Mills. Inside the vehicle officers found 45-year-old Maurice Bell unresponsive; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Bell had sustained a fatal gunshot wound, and investigators say he appears to have been shot while inside the car, which then rolled to a stop in the yard.

The Kansas City Police Department processed the scene and identified Bell in the days after the discovery. Police appealed to the public for information, but no arrests or suspect information were publicly released and the investigation remained ongoing. If anyone in the area that night saw the vehicle, a person approaching it, or anything unusual around 78th and Hickman Mills, please share what was seen with investigators.