On January 12, 2021, 60-year-old Linda Gantt was fatally shot in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers responding to reports of gunfire on the 3600 block of Olive Street found a scene marked by 19 spent 9mm casings, bullet fragments, and shattered glass. Gantt had been moved from the scene in a private vehicle; that car stopped near 45th Street and Prospect Avenue where she was found with gunshot wounds and later died at a hospital.

Witnesses said Gantt had asked a driver for a ride to a residence near 36th and Olive Streets. After arrival, a man identified as 25-year-old Travon M. Williams allegedly approached the passenger side, argued with Gantt, pointed a pistol, and then opened fire as the driver attempted to flee. Prosecutors say Williams then forced a former girlfriend into his red SUV, threatened her, drove to a gas station and to her grandmother’s house in Kansas City, Kansas, and fired multiple shots into that residence before fleeing. He was later arrested in Clinton, Missouri, where a firearm later tied by forensics to the shell casings was recovered.

Williams was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and two counts of armed criminal action; prosecutors requested a $1 million cash bond. Did anyone in the area see the vehicle or events around Olive Street that afternoon?