Todd McGraw, a 50-year-old White male and U.S. Navy veteran who worked 12 years as a district manager for a wholesale plumbing supply company, was fatally shot inside his Raytown, Missouri, home on the night of July 18, 2019. Officers responding just before midnight to a residence in the 8400 block of Elm Avenue found McGraw with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Initial reports to police, made by McGraw’s wife, stated the shooting was in self-defense and that her teenage son had shot McGraw because he was attacking her. One person was taken into custody after the incident but later released; as of late 2019 no formal charges had been filed and the investigation remained open. Family members say they were told McGraw was unarmed and shot in the back of the head, and they have expressed frustration over communication and the fact he was cremated before relatives could arrive.

Anyone with information about what happened that night in Raytown is asked to come forward.