On May 8, 2017, an 18-year-old African American man named Timothy Wayne Durden, Jr. went to a house in the 8600 block of North Rhode Avenue in Kansas City to meet an acquaintance he had contacted on Snapchat. The meeting was to buy two ounces of marijuana; the buyer’s offer of $1,000 raised suspicion and the sellers armed themselves before Durden arrived. Court records say the transaction moved to the kitchen, where Durden allegedly produced a handgun and pointed it at someone inside. In response, 17-year-old Dominic Pineda fired five times, striking Durden. Shots from others inside the home followed; Durden ran to the backyard and collapsed near the base of an outdoor deck and later died at a hospital.

Authorities arrested Pineda, 17-year-old Keith Spencer, and 19-year-old Mohamed Abdi in connection with the shooting. The case revolves around whether the encounter was a robbery setup and how the different people inside the house responded to the perceived threat. Does anyone have information about the meeting on North Rhode Avenue or about Durden’s movements that day?