Foster LaVerne Grant IV, a 26-year-old chiropractic student at Cleveland University-Kansas City, was shot dead in Kansas City during the early morning hours of September 12, 2021. Grant had been in the Westport entertainment district; around 3:00 a.m., as crowds were dispersing, gunfire erupted near Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard. Off-duty officers working nearby heard the shots and found Grant in the street with fatal gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Kansas City Police Department opened a homicide investigation but detectives struggled to identify a shooter. By March 2022 investigators released surveillance images of two women they said might have information; the women were described as potential witnesses, not suspects. Grant, originally from Saint Francis, Kansas, was remembered for his dedication to his studies and his love of the outdoors. No arrests or charges had been announced and the case remained unsolved.

If anyone has information about that night in Westport or remembers seeing activity near Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard around 3:00 a.m. on September 12, 2021, please come forward.