On February 16, 2020, Kirin J. Logan, a 20-year-old Black man from Kansas City, Kansas, was found dead in the grass between two apartment buildings at the Northland Passage complex in Kansas City, Missouri. He had arrived there earlier that evening and witnesses reported he was wearing a white jacket. Residents heard shouting, a command not to move, then gunfire. Logan died of a single gunshot wound that entered his back near the right shoulder blade. A backpack beside him held two Mason jars of marijuana and two loaded handguns, one with an extended magazine.

Police identified 21-year-old Darious D. Miller on a nearby third-floor balcony; investigators say Miller admitted to shooting and shell casings on his patio and the ground below matched the trajectory. Miller’s apartment yielded a 9mm handgun, an assault rifle, cash, and more jars of marijuana. Prosecutors charged Miller with second-degree murder, armed criminal action, and delivery of a controlled substance; in August 2020 he pleaded guilty and was scheduled for sentencing. The case underscores the deadly risks tied to drug transactions. Did anyone in the Northland Passage area see activity that night or know either man?