On the afternoon of June 18, 2019, 22-year-old Caprice Hardy was found unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 4100 block of Monroe Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, after shots were reported in the neighborhood. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Surveillance footage shows the victim running east on 41st Street, turning onto Monroe Avenue, and a gold Chevrolet Tahoe with a white front end driving in the area immediately after the shooting.

Witnesses told investigators they heard the gunfire and saw a gold SUV speed away from the intersection of 41st Street and Monroe Avenue. Detectives later located a vehicle matching that description at a residence on Askew Avenue. A woman at the home identified her son, Johnathan D. Pendleton, as the primary driver of that Tahoe earlier that day; a separate witness said Pendleton had given her a ride in the vehicle and dropped her off shortly before the shooting. Pendleton denied involvement and said he had been asleep and did not know the victim.

On June 21, 2019, the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Johnathan D. Pendleton with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action, with prosecutors requesting a $250,000 cash bond. Does anyone have information about Caprice Hardy, his movements that afternoon, or the gold Tahoe seen near 41st and Monroe?