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On the evening of January 11, 2019, police in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to reports of gunfire at an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Hardesty Avenue. Officers found 67-year-old Joseph Mason inside his residence with apparent gunshot wounds; he later died and the death was investigated as a homicide.

Investigators concluded the violence began as an attempted robbery aimed at stealing marijuana from Mason’s apartment. When Mason answered the door, an armed man with a handgun allegedly struggled with him and fatally shot him before fleeing and taking marijuana from the unit.

In June 2019 authorities arrested Jacob T. Everson, a Kansas City resident, charging him with second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action. Prosecutors say Everson admitted he went to the apartment to commit the robbery that escalated into the fatal shooting.

Does anyone have information about Mason, his routine, or what was known about visitors to that apartment on January 11, 2019?