Kentral Gray, 20, was shot and killed on the morning of May 22, 2021, on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Independence, Missouri. Born February 28, 2001, in Kansas City, he had attended Southwest High School and was working as a picker at Amazon for three months when his life was taken. Family remember him for his love of gaming and food and as a cherished son and brother to his sister Unique Gray.

Police investigated the early morning shooting but were unable to make an arrest. By May 2025 the case remained unsolved and cold; no suspects had been publicly identified or charged. The Independence Police Department later included his file in a renewed cold-case effort and announced a new reward program to try to generate leads, and his mother said she hoped the renewed attention would remind the community he had not been forgotten.

If anyone has information about Kentral Gray or that night on Blue Ridge Boulevard, please come forward to help bring answers for his family.