Stacey Reymond Witherspoon, 47, was fatally shot in south Kansas City on March 13, 2020. Officers found him deceased outside a vehicle near 71 Highway and Red Bridge Road after a shooting that happened while he was driving with three other people. A witness reported that someone in the car’s back seat shot Witherspoon; other witnesses said they had seen the suspect at a residence earlier holding and racking a gun.

Investigators recovered 9 mm shell casings with a distinctive blue coating from the vehicle and a bullet with the same blue coating from Witherspoon’s body. Ammunition described as identical in coating was found in Darick Neely’s possession; Neely, 47, was identified as the suspect. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Darick Neely with Murder in the Second Degree, Armed Criminal Action, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and requested a $100,000 cash bond.

If anyone knew Stacey or has information about the shooting or events leading up to that evening, please come forward.