Arkests Raymon Grant was 17 when he was fatally shot on the evening of January 6, 2019, on the 3800 block of Wabash Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. He was outside his residence and, according to reports, had been involved in a transaction to sell marijuana and was expecting to meet a female acquaintance when a male teenager approached on foot. Witnesses heard gunshots and the shooter fled; Grant was found unresponsive on the sidewalk and pronounced dead from gunshot wounds.

Investigators recovered a spent shell casing at the scene and matched genetic material from that casing to 17-year-old Joshua B. Gaston. A search of Grant’s phone revealed electronic messages between Grant and Gaston that helped identify Gaston as a person of interest. Authorities arrested Gaston; he admitted to shooting Grant but said an unknown armed man had been nearby. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Gaston with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, and requested a substantial cash bond as the case moved forward.

If anyone was on Wabash Avenue that night or knew about the transaction or the people involved, please share what was seen or heard.