On the afternoon of October 2, 2021, a shooting at a home near 27th Street and Spruce Avenue in eastern Kansas City, Missouri, left three young adults dead. Responding officers found three unresponsive victims with gunshot wounds; all were pronounced dead at the scene. One of the victims was 24-year-old Devon Key, who died alongside 24-year-old Kanen Wheaton and 23-year-old Johnnai Owens.

According to investigators, a vehicle pulled up to the house and its occupants opened fire before fleeing in an unknown direction. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood, processed the scene and used forensic and electronic data to pursue leads. In October 2021 prosecutors charged Lucas Baker with counts including second-degree accessory murder, and in March 2022 21-year-old Joshua Bell was charged with three counts of second-degree accessory murder plus weapons and armed criminal action counts; court documents say Bell’s phone placed him near the suspect vehicle and that he admitted to helping steal ammunition later recovered at the scene.

Did anyone in the area see a vehicle or people around 27th and Spruce that afternoon?