On February 17, 2021, a shooting at a townhouse in the 1900 block of West Pennway Terrace in Kansas City’s Westside North neighborhood left 19-year-old Raymon Hill and his 35-year-old mother, Khasheme Strother, dead. Officers responding to a 911 call found both victims inside the home with fatal gunshot wounds; they were pronounced dead at the scene.

Court records and witness statements from juveniles in the house say the shooting followed a physical fight between Strother and her boyfriend, Dmarius M. Bozeman. Hill, the eldest of Strother’s five children, reportedly intervened to protect his mother and younger siblings. Bozeman, who was armed, fired shots that struck Strother and then shot Hill. He was located at the scene with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg and was arrested. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of second-degree murder and multiple counts of armed criminal action.

Family members described Hill as a protector who died trying to save his mother. Does anyone have information about the night of February 17, 2021, or knew Raymon and his family?