On January 7, 2020, at about 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a reported shooting in the 400 block of East Minor Drive near Minor Park in Kansas City. First responders found 32-year-old Raphael O. Lee on the front porch of an apartment building with apparent gunshot wounds. He died of those injuries, becoming the city’s second homicide of the year.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and crime scene investigators processed the area. Police did not release a suspect description and there were no immediate arrests; a cash reward was offered for tips. Later reports indicated the case remained under investigation with no charges announced.

Lee was remembered by friends and family as a devoted father and a supervisor at the Kansas City Water Department who had attended Grandview Christian School. Funeral services were held that month at Serenity Funeral Home. If anyone has information that could help identify who was responsible, please come forward.