Johnathon L. Porter was 23 and working as a construction laborer laying pipe near Ninth Street and Brooklyn Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 24, 2018, when he was shot multiple times in the chest after a stranger asked him for a cigarette. Porter, who had moved back to the Kansas City area from Appleton City to be closer to family as he prepared for fatherhood, was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his wounds. He was engaged and expecting his first child.

Police released surveillance footage showing a person of interest described as a Black male, 25 to 30 years old, wearing a dark or blue hooded sweatshirt and gray pants, and a cash reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. The shooting was described as brazen and seemingly random, and the case remains open. If anyone who lived or worked near Ninth Street and Brooklyn Avenue that spring remembers seeing someone matching that description, contact investigators with any information.