DeAndre Chiney was 21 when he was shot and killed outside an apartment in the 2000 block of Wheeling Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, in January 2020. First responders took him to a nearby hospital, where he later died. A 5-month-old infant was also shot in the leg during the same incident; the injury was not life-threatening and the baby was taken to the hospital by private vehicle and expected to be released within a few days.

According to reports, the confrontation began with an argument between Chiney and the mother of his infant. Afterward a 21-year-old man, Nicholas A. James, accompanied by four others, went to Chiney’s residence to retrieve the baby. Witnesses said an exchange at the doorway turned violent and that James shot Chiney, then entered the residence and emerged with the infant, who was later found to have a gunshot wound to the leg.

James was arrested the next day and, after being told surveillance video existed, confessed to shooting Chiney during a police interview. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged James with second-degree murder, assault, two counts of armed criminal action, and endangering the welfare of a child, and requested $500,000 bond.

Did anyone in the Kansas City area see or hear anything that night, or have information about who accompanied James?