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A family cookout at Noble Park in south Kansas City ended in gunfire on August 31, 2019, when 44-year-old Angela M. Banks was fatally shot. Those gathered for the summer evening gathering had been eating and even recording an impromptu rap performance when two men began trash talk that escalated into a dispute and then gunfire. Banks was hit in the upper right side and, despite being taken toward a hospital, was pronounced dead. A man who was also wounded survived.

Investigators say spent shell casings and a large pool of blood marked the scene amid purses, baby supplies and other remnants of the family celebration. Witness testimony and a Facebook Live video that captured parts of the gathering helped identify suspects; the video shows Banks sitting near a picnic table and rapping shortly before the shooting. Two men fled in a vehicle after the shooting, and police later arrested 21-year-old Larry Dodds, charging him with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. A juvenile has also been identified in the investigation.

Did anyone at Noble Park that night or anyone who watched the Facebook Live know the men who intervened in the gathering?