On the early morning of November 6, 2020, a shooting in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri, left 43-year-old Floyd Freeman Jr. dead. Freeman, a machine operator at Unilever and a member of the TWIZTED INDIVIDUALZ Car Club who was known by the nickname 2 Freeway, was in a gas station parking lot in the 1500 block of West 12th Street when gunfire erupted.

Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators reportedly shows a man later identified as 27-year-old Juan C. Berumen arriving, brandishing a handgun and initiating a confrontation. Freeman appears unarmed in the video and was fatally struck as shots were exchanged; 37-year-old Margarita Paez, who had reportedly arrived in Berumen’s vehicle, was also killed. Shots were returned from another vehicle, and Berumen was shot in the leg; police recovered roughly 25 spent shell casings at the scene.

Prosecutors charged Juan C. Berumen with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Freeman and Paez, plus additional weapons and assault charges. Freeman is remembered by his community for his humor, devotion to family, and involvement in the local car show circuit.

If anyone knew Freeman, his whereabouts that morning, or saw the events in the parking lot, please come forward with information.