On February 23, 2020, a 39-year-old man named Antonio Smith was found shot and lying outside on the 6700 block of Monroe Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. He was pronounced dead at the scene after witnesses reported a commotion and several people fleeing the area. The city listed this as its 23rd homicide of the year.

Investigators developed a person of interest in the following days: 22-year-old Twashon Wilkins was identified as a suspect and a felony warrant was issued for his arrest. On February 27, 2020, officers located Wilkins near East 40th and Olive Streets; he allegedly rammed a police vehicle in a Chrysler Sebring and fled. A high-speed pursuit ended when his car lost control and crashed into an apartment building near East 46th Terrace. Wilkins, not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

The killing of Antonio Smith and the subsequent death of the suspected shooter left the case without a suspect in custody and the community mourning two lives lost. If anyone witnessed the shooting on Monroe Avenue or has information about what happened that afternoon, please come forward.