On the early morning of August 30, 2018, officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were called to the 4000 block of Park Avenue after reports of a shooting. First responders found a man lying in the grass near a home around 4:20 a.m.; he had fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives opened an investigation.

The victim was identified as 43-year-old Joseph H. Honea of Kingston, Missouri. Known to friends and family as Bear Claw, he was described as a devoted father and brother who collected baseball cards and sports memorabilia. Why he was in that Kansas City neighborhood at that hour was not explained in initial reports, and no motive or suspect description had been released in the days after the killing.

Anyone with information about Joseph Honea’s death is asked to contact the TIPS hotline and share what they know.