Margarita Paez, 37, was killed in an early-morning shooting in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri, on November 6, 2020. The mother of three and recent grandmother was described as vibrant and charismatic. The shooting happened shortly after midnight in the 1500 block of West 12th Street after a verbal confrontation escalated into gunfire.

Surveillance footage from a nearby gas station shows part of the incident. Prosecutors say Juan C. Berumen, 27, of Kansas City, Kansas, was seen holding a shotgun during the argument and opened fire, fatally striking Paez and 43-year-old Floyd Freeman Jr.; another person suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Berumen was also wounded when occupants of a white SUV fired back as they fled. Both Paez and Berumen were taken to the hospital in the same vehicle; Paez later died.

Authorities arrested Berumen and charged him with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, second-degree assault, and unlawful use of a weapon; a cash-only bond was set at $500,000. Paez had arrived at the gas station in Berumen’s vehicle on the night of the shooting.

Did anyone in the West Bottoms area see or record anything that night that could help clarify what happened?