On January 13, 2021, Keith Dewayne Lars Jr., a 36-year-old Black man, was found fatally shot in the chest and leg in a parking lot near Admiral Boulevard and Virginia Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Police say he had been critically wounded in a shootout blocks away near the 500 block of Benton Boulevard and was transported to the lot where he was later discovered.

Investigators allege the killing was retaliatory. Three days earlier a 16-year-old, Jayson Ugwuh Jr., identified as the brother of local woman Tityana Coppage, had been murdered. Prosecutors say Coppage, then 21, tracked Lars down and confronted him; surveillance, eyewitness accounts and ballistic evidence linked her to the scene. Text messages recovered from her phone, including one sent to her deceased brother saying I owe em that body, and messages about requesting more ammunition are cited in charging documents. Coppage has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and has asserted she acted in self-defense.

Are there readers who knew Lars or have information about the events on January 10–13, 2021 that could help clarify what happened?