Charles Hampton was shot and killed in Kansas City, Missouri, on the night of July 4, 2020. Officers found the 37-year-old lying unresponsive on the sidewalk near 69th Street and Prospect Avenue around 11:45 p.m.; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Two other men with gunshot wounds went to a local hospital soon after, and investigators believe those injuries came from the same altercation that took Hampton’s life.

Homicide detectives opened an investigation and the police issued a public appeal for information, but available reports after the incident did not announce any arrests or identify named suspects. Anyone who may have information about the shooting is asked to contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline.