On the early morning of April 4, 2020, 27-year-old Shea Devania Henry was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a silver 2017 Volkswagen Passat parked at a gas station at 5901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers responding just after 1:00 a.m. discovered she had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the incident began when the vehicle’s owner, 26-year-old Lawrence Perkins, stopped at the convenience store. Perkins told detectives he saw a dark Ford Fusion speed away and a woman later identified as Henry attempting to take his Passat. He reportedly exited the store, drew a firearm, and fired multiple times as the car reversed, then struck a tree. Police say they recovered about ten spent shell casings and a fired weapon on Perkins’ person; he was taken into custody at the scene and called 911 after the shooting.

The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Perkins with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon. Perkins told authorities he fired in response to the attempted theft and said the reversing car knocked him backward; parts of the sequence were corroborated by surveillance video. Does anyone have additional information about what happened at that gas station that night?