Tyreze Williams, 31, was shot in the late afternoon of Sunday, February 7, 2021, in the parking lot of a strip mall at Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers found him with a critical gunshot wound and he was transported to a nearby hospital. He died there several days later; his death was recorded as the city’s 15th homicide of 2021.

The Kansas City Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassing the area for witnesses and evidence. No suspect details or arrests have been publicly released and the investigation remains ongoing. Very little else about the circumstances of the shooting has been made public.

If anyone saw activity in the Westport parking lot that afternoon or has information that could help the investigation, please contact the Kansas City Police Department.