On January 28, 2020, 48-year-old LaVance Ellis Sr. was found with fatal gunshot wounds in Kansas City, Missouri. The incident was reported about 11:00 a.m. after a woman called to say a wounded man had arrived in a vehicle at a car wash near 44th Street and Prospect Avenue. Ellis was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the shooting likely occurred near the car wash. Investigators concentrated on a residence in the 4200 block of Prospect Avenue, canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses while crime scene personnel processed evidence. A separate shooting reported around the same time at 44th Street and Park Avenue was described as unrelated.

Public reports from the period after the killing do not show an arrest or charge specifically tied to Ellis s homicide, leaving the case listed in the city s homicide statistics for 2020. If anyone has information about what happened to LaVance Ellis Sr., please share what is known.