On the evening of July 31, 2019, 23-year-old Aaron G. Mason went to the Wendy’s at 3118 Main Street in Midtown Kansas City. A verbal dispute with an employee behind the counter escalated, and witnesses say Mason walked behind the service counter to confront the worker. Both men reportedly produced firearms and a rapid exchange of gunfire occurred in the restaurant workspace.

Mason ran out the back of the restaurant after being shot, collapsed in the parking lot, and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The employee fled the scene before police arrived; investigators processed the restaurant, interviewed about a dozen witnesses, and identified the worker as a person of interest whose account was still missing. No arrest or charges were confirmed in the immediate reports.

If anyone inside that Wendy’s that night saw how the confrontation started or knows the whereabouts of the employee involved, please come forward.