On the morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021, a caller reported a person lying in a residential yard near 41st Street and Monroe Avenue on the East Side of Kansas City, Missouri. Officers found 30-year-old Antonio E. Griddine unresponsive with apparent trauma; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. He had been shot and his death was ruled a homicide.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and evidence but initially had no leads and released no suspect description. The killing was recorded as Kansas City’s 155th homicide of the year and was later listed among unsolved homicides for 2021; investigators urged anyone with information to contact the TIPS Hotline. Family and friends remembered Griddine as a spirited man who called himself a CEO, known for his humor, his smile, and close ties to his son and siblings; a funeral service was held in January 2022.

If anyone knew Antonio or has information about what happened that morning, please contact the TIPS Hotline.