On the evening of June 30, 2020, 25-year-old Quindell Charles Burrell of Kansas City was fatally shot in a city park near 113th Terrace and Ruskin Way. Burrell, known as Quinny or Quindelly Dell, had arranged to meet two brothers for what was reported to be a drug transaction. A witness who accompanied him said she left to go to a store and returned to find Burrell on the ground with a gunshot wound; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police identified brothers Terry L. Williams, then 29, and Tyree L. Williams, then 20, as suspects. Court documents say a witness reported Burrell went to buy cocaine from the Williamses, and surveillance footage reportedly shows Terry Williams making a shooting motion before Burrell fell out of view and then assaulting him while his brother stood nearby. Officers later located the brothers’ vehicle, pursued it, and arrested both near 109th Terrace and Hickman Mills Drive; items thrown from the car led police to recover a gun and bags containing suspected cocaine and THC.

The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office filed multiple charges against both men, including second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and attempted distribution of a controlled substance; Terry Williams was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, and Tyree Williams faced resisting arrest and possession counts. Was anyone in the area that night able to see or record what happened in the park?