On October 26, 2017, 55-year-old Harlan K. Dunbar was shot and killed in Northeast Kansas City, Missouri. Dunbar, a Navy veteran known among the local homeless community near Lykins Square as a protector who offered help and wisdom, was found lying in the roadway at 7th Street and Norton Avenue around 2:21 p.m. He died at the scene from gunshot wounds despite emergency medical response.

Witnesses described a chaotic attack in which a man armed with a gun shot Dunbar, then fired at a bystander and forced a woman into her minivan at gunpoint, ordering her to drive him away toward 37th Street and Bales Avenue. Detectives later developed a suspect and, after a photo lineup, witnesses identified 27-year-old Anthony L. Robinson; he was taken into custody April 11, 2018, and in February 2019 the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Robinson denied involvement when questioned.

Are there readers who knew Harlan or who may have seen activity around Lykins Square that afternoon?