On March 30, 2018, Virgil Marshall, 45, was shot and later died after a confrontation near Euclid Avenue and 30th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Marshall had met with 19-year-old Damyon D. Cook for a drug sale but backed out, triggering a physical struggle. Marshall gained control of Cook’s handgun but, reportedly intoxicated, could not remove the magazine and returned the gun to Cook. After exchanging apologies, Marshall turned to walk away when Cook raised the weapon and fired multiple times, striking him in the back.

Officers found Marshall critically wounded and conscious; he identified the fleeing shooter in a Jeep before being taken to a hospital, where he died. Police chased the vehicle to 26th Street and Indiana Avenue, and Cook was captured after a brief foot pursuit. Cook was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and resisting arrest, held on $250,000 bond, and was later convicted and incarcerated. By early 2023 he had been released on parole with a GPS ankle monitor and was later suspected in a separate double homicide while on parole.

Did anyone in Kansas City know Marshall or have information about the meeting that led to the shooting?