On the afternoon of October 2, 2018, gunfire erupted at a BP station near 31st Street and Van Brunt Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, leaving two men dead. Officers found 18-year-old Tyler Nichaud Johnson in the parking lot with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second man, 26-year-old Kenton Branch, was shot during the same incident, crashed a block away while attempting to flee, and later died at a hospital.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses. Police questioned 21-year-old Brandon J. Kumm, who had driven Johnson to the gas station; Kumm was not charged in the killings but was arrested on a misdemeanor tampering with physical evidence count after security video allegedly showed him removing a bag of marijuana from Johnson’s body before officers arrived.

Authorities concluded the deaths were likely the result of an exchange of gunfire between Johnson and Branch. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office announced no homicide charges would be filed because both principals were deceased. Does anyone have information about Johnson’s movements that afternoon or saw what happened at the intersection?