Raymond Mykel Douglas was shot and killed in the early hours of his 31st birthday. On November 9, 2020, just before 3 a.m., police responding to reports of a shooting at the Rendezvous Lounge on Blue Ridge Boulevard in southern Kansas City found Douglas with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead; the city’s 160th homicide that year.

Douglas, born in Wichita, Kansas, was remembered for a charismatic personality, an infectious smile, close family ties to his mother and grandmother, a passion for music — singing, writing and playing drums — and a strong faith. Surveillance footage released in the investigation reportedly shows him approach a suspect’s vehicle and appear to draw a gun from his waistband before he was shot and fell.

No arrest for the killing has been announced. Investigators identified a person of interest and presented the case to prosecutors. A separate development: surveillance also showed a man later identified as 33-year-old James A. Jones approach Douglas after he was shot, take a firearm and leave; Jones was arrested the next day and federally charged as a felon in possession of a firearm. If anyone knew Raymond or was at the Rendezvous Lounge that night, can you share what you remember?