Wyshaud Smith, 27, was shot in Kansas City and later died from his injuries. The shooting occurred on September 28, 2021, in the Swope Parkway-Elmwood neighborhood at East 53rd Street and Brighton Avenue. Officers responding to a car crash found Smith unresponsive in his vehicle with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and died on September 30, 2021. The death was ruled a homicide.

Surveillance footage showed a black Dodge Durango pull up beside Smith’s car before his vehicle left the road and struck a utility pole as the Durango fled. Investigators learned from Smith’s father that Smith had been involved in an ongoing feud with another man. Police used a license plate reader and cell phone records to link 24-year-old Corey Marrett to the scene; Marrett was arrested January 18, 2022. In early February 2022 the Jackson County Prosecutor charged Marrett with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action, with prosecutors seeking $250,000 bond.

If anyone has information about Smith, his movements that afternoon, or the altercation that began at the tow lot, please come forward.