Darryl A. Singleton, 57, was killed on the evening of December 7, 2017, while on a break outside LP’s Grocery and Liquor in the 4500 block of East 24th Street in Kansas City. He stepped outside for a cigarette during an argument that did not involve him. Surveillance footage shows Reginald Jones Jr. arrive, pull a gun, shoot his father, Reginald E. Jones Sr., and then turn the weapon on Singleton before fleeing in an orange Mitsubishi Eclipse. Both Singleton and Jones Sr. were pronounced dead at the scene.

Singleton worked as a cook at Phillis Wheatley Elementary School and was a United States Navy veteran who served as a mechanic. He was remembered as a fiancé and grandfather and had been hailed as a local hero after a 2003 incident when he grabbed the wheel of a bus whose driver had a seizure, bringing 13 passengers to safety. In July 2019 a jury acquitted Jones Jr. of killing his father but convicted him of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in Singleton’s death, with a sentence recommendation of up to 33 years.

If anyone remembers that night, saw the orange Mitsubishi Eclipse, or has information about Singleton’s last moments, please share what is known.