DeAngelo Wallace, 28, was found dead from gunshot wounds on the corner of 12th and Locust streets in Kansas City, Missouri, in the early hours of July 5, 2021. A passerby discovered him around 12:30 a.m.; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said a verbal altercation with an unknown individual escalated into the fatal shooting, and the suspect fled in an unknown direction.

In the days after the killing, police detained a person of interest and worked with prosecutors to consider charges, but that person was later released and no charges had been filed. Wallace’s family, including his sister Shauntice Wallace, say he had received threats and harassment beforehand and believe he was targeted because he was a gay Black man; police have said they found no evidence the shooting was a hate crime and described it as stemming from a personal dispute. Vigils and press conferences were held by family and supporters.

If anyone has information about what happened near 12th and Locust on July 5, 2021, please come forward.