Sammy Holmes, a 30-year-old Black man and aspiring musician known locally as Klark Kent Da Gent, was shot and killed on the evening of June 8, 2018. He was seated in his vehicle in the parking lot of an Applebee’s on Missouri 350 Highway in Raytown when shots were fired. After being wounded he drove about half a mile before losing control and crashing near a Sonic Drive-In. Bystanders found him in the street and emergency personnel rushed him to a hospital; he died overnight following surgery.

Holmes was a husband and father who had traveled to Los Angeles to meet producers and was planning to relocate his family to the West Coast to pursue music. Raytown Police and the Kansas City Metro Squad investigated the homicide and released surveillance footage from inside the restaurant showing a woman described as a person of interest; she was later identified and contacted, but no arrests have been announced. The case remains open.

If anyone was in that Applebee’s parking lot or near the Sonic the night of June 8, 2018, or has information about the person seen on surveillance, please come forward.