Raphael Butler-Grimmett was 17 when he was fatally shot in the early morning of August 25, 2018, on a street in Kansas City, Missouri. A Cubmaster Ambassador for the Boy Scouts of America and expecting his first child, he also worked with the Full Employment Council and was described as a good student preparing to support his growing family.

The confrontation reportedly began after an earlier argument between Devon Nolan and Raphael’s mother over a debit card. That dispute escalated outside a home in the 6800 block of Cleveland Avenue into a fistfight between Nolan and Raphael. Witnesses say 30-year-old Brandon E. Neal produced a handgun, chased Raphael and shot him multiple times while Raphael’s mother and pregnant girlfriend were present.

Kansas City officers heard gunfire around 5 a.m., pursued a Dodge Charger that fled the scene into Kansas, and arrested the driver, Nolan, after the vehicle crashed. Nolan told police he had been fighting with Raphael, heard gunshots, and said Neal was the only person at the scene with a gun; he said he later drove Neal and dropped him off. Raphael was pronounced dead at the scene. Brandon E. Neal was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action; a cash bond of $250,000 was set.

Did anyone in the Kansas City area witness the shooting or know more about events that night?