Gary Taylor, a 34-year-old father and owner of Power House Fitness, was fatally shot near 19th and Vine in Kansas City on the evening of April 25, 2021. He was working to provide security in the historic 18th & Vine district and was walking with two friends when a man approached and opened fire, striking Taylor and injuring three other people.

Surveillance footage from multiple cameras was used to identify a suspect. Video allegedly shows the man, later named as 29-year-old Jerronn Anderson, shooting Taylor; witnesses at the scene later positively identified Anderson in a photo lineup. Investigators tracked the suspect to a hospital where he sought treatment for a gunshot wound and checked in under his own name. Anderson was charged by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Taylor is remembered as a devoted father of three and a community mentor. Are there readers who knew Gary or who have information about the shooting that could help investigators?