Ashley Ledesma, a 28-year-old woman from Kansas City, Missouri, was shot and killed inside a home in the 6000 block of Park Avenue shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 31, 2019. First responders found her unresponsive; she was pronounced dead at the scene. The case was recorded as the city’s thirty-fifth homicide that year.

Police identified a vehicle connected to the shooting and pursued it; the chase ended with three persons of interest taken into custody. Initial reports did not release their identities or the specific charges. Ashley, born in September 1990, was a mother of six and is survived by her parents William D. Kabel Jr. and Vonda R. Yates, siblings and extended family. Family and friends remembered her love of the outdoors, swimming and time at the lake.

If anyone knew Ashley or has information about the shooting or the vehicle involved, please come forward.