On August 19, 2019, 28-year-old Sandrina Khan was found with a fatal gunshot wound to her chest on the front stoop of a home in the 5200 block of Sycamore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers arrived shortly after 4:00 p.m. after reports of a shooting; the residence’s glass front door had been shattered by gunfire. Emergency responders transported Khan to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A young child was found unharmed inside the home in a walker.

Witnesses reported hearing an argument between Khan and a man on the front porch just before the shooting and described the male wearing blue hospital gloves. Several bystanders heard five to six shots and saw a man flee in a vehicle. Khan’s mother told detectives her daughter had an active full order of protection against the father of her child and identified him as the likely aggressor.

Authorities identified 32-year-old Michael D. Garrett as the suspect and said they recovered threatening text messages Garrett sent to Khan in the days before the killing, including explicit threats. Investigators reported Garrett owned a vehicle similar to the one seen leaving the scene; prosecutors later charged him with first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful use of a weapon, and three counts of armed criminal action. Did anyone see or hear anything on Sycamore Avenue that afternoon that could help clarify what happened?