On the afternoon of June 1, 2020, 63-year-old Ivory Harris was shot and killed in the common area of an apartment complex in the 2100 block of East 13th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Neighbors say Harris had confronted a man about smoking PCP near the buildings; an argument followed. Witnesses report Harris lifted his shirt to show a firearm, and the other man left and returned shortly before gunfire was heard.

Authorities later identified that man as 41-year-old Elijah A. Marshall. Witnesses told investigators they saw Marshall flee after the shooting and that Marshall admitted the victim shouldn’t have brandished a gun. One witness said Marshall had threatened Harris the day before. Police found Harris with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors charged Elijah A. Marshall with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and sought a $250,000 cash bond. Marshall was located after an anonymous tip; he denied firing the shots but admitted being at the complex and interacting with Harris earlier that day.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what is known.