On the evening of October 15, 2018, 40-year-old Darrick J. Jackson was found wounded in a wooded area near the roadway on the 4100 block of Garfield Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Police responded after reports of gunfire around 6:30 p.m.; Jackson had at least one gunshot wound and was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died. His death was ruled a homicide.

In the days after the shooting, the Kansas City Police Department released no suspect information and detectives asked the public to contact the TIPS Hotline with any knowledge about what happened. As of the records from that period, no arrests or charges had been reported in connection with Jackson’s death.

If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers activity in the Garfield Avenue area on October 15, 2018, please share what you know with investigators.