Michael K. Parks was 17 when he was found fatally shot just after 9 p.m. on October 13, 2021, near 37th Street and Wayne Avenue in the Ivanhoe neighborhood of Kansas City. Officers arriving at the scene found him in the street; he had already succumbed to a gunshot wound and the death was ruled a homicide.

The Kansas City Police Department opened an investigation and by the following morning had not identified any suspects. No arrests have been reported in connection with the shooting, which was recorded as the city’s 121st homicide of 2021. Community leaders and the mayor acknowledged the ongoing problem of violence affecting local youth after the killing.

Anyone who was in or around the Ivanhoe neighborhood on the evening of October 13, 2021, or who has information about Michael Parks’ death is asked to contact investigators.