Antony D. Taylor, 26, was found dead on August 3, 2020, inside his silver BMW after it crashed into a building in the 4900 block of Swope Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers responding to an injury accident discovered Taylor as the sole occupant; he had sustained a single gunshot wound. Two apparent bullet holes were visible on the exterior of the car’s rear driver’s side door.

Detectives traced the shooting to an earlier altercation in front of a residence on the 4400 block of Indiana Avenue, near 46th and Indiana Avenue, where multiple spent shell casings and a firearm component were recovered. Surveillance video, including footage from a city bus, captured the victim’s vehicle, the suspect’s vehicle and a license plate. DNA from a laser sight recovered at the scene matched 28-year-old Michael L. Finnell. Cell phone and social media analysis placed Finnell at the location and suggested a possible motive related to the mother of Taylor’s child. Finnell was arrested during a traffic stop and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Did anyone in the area see the vehicles or the altercation that night, or have information about what led up to the shooting?