In the early morning hours of December 23, 2021, 37-year-old Jason Harris was shot in the Northland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Officers were called to a residence in the 6800 block of Northeast Ridgeway Avenue about 2:45 a.m. after reports of a disturbance. Harris was found with gunshot wounds, taken to a hospital, and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Witnesses reported a verbal altercation between two men in the front yard before the shooting, and the shooter fled the scene. Investigators developed leads that led them to a person of interest a few blocks away; that individual was taken into custody for questioning. The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges the next day against 34-year-old Daniel Cranfill for first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The incident was recorded as Kansas City’s 154th homicide for 2021.

If anyone has information about the events on Northeast Ridgeway Avenue that night or knew Jason Harris, please share what you know.