A summer evening in Kansas City turned deadly when 26-year-old John A. Noel Jr. was fatally shot on Saturday, August 3, 2019. Police responded to reports of gunfire around 6:05 p.m.; while officers were en route the call was upgraded to a shooting and a separate report described a car crash nearby at 55th Street and Agnes Avenue. Noel was found in the driver’s seat of his car, which had rear-ended a small shuttle bus. He had sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman who had been with Noel was also struck by gunfire, escaped the vehicle as it was being shot at, and was hospitalized with critical, life-threatening injuries. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings near 55th and Prospect Avenue and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses, but no description of a shooter was released and no arrests were announced. The investigation into Noel’s death was open and unresolved as of the latest report.

If anyone saw the shooting, the crash, or has information about who fired on the car, please come forward.