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Jennifer Zimmerman, 30, of Kansas City, was one of three people killed in a shooting inside a house at 17th Street and Chelsea Avenue on November 10, 2017. The other victims were 25-year-old Yessenia Ahumada and a man later identified as Victor Portillo. Family members said Zimmerman may recently have changed her last name to Portillo.

The incident began shortly before 10 a.m. when a female victim called police to report she had been wounded. Officers found Victor Portillo already deceased; Yessenia Ahumada was pronounced dead at the scene. Zimmerman was taken to a hospital and later died of her injuries.

In August 2018 prosecutors charged Deaundre J. Brown, then 27, with three counts of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Investigators said the apparent motive was a drug deal that went wrong: Brown, described as Ahumada’s ex-boyfriend, had arranged to buy a large quantity of marijuana from Portillo. Court documents say a witness reported Brown intended to buy 20 pounds, Portillo did not have the full amount, and the fatal shootings happened when they met again the next morning. Cellphone records and surveillance footage were cited as showing contact and vehicles together, and a witness said a white sedan similar to Brown’s sped away after gunshots.

Does anyone have information about Zimmerman, her movements that morning, or the people involved?