Steven Thompson, 49, was shot to death in the early morning hours in the 400 block of Colorado Avenue in Kansas City. Police found Thompson lying in the grass with a fatal gunshot wound to his throat and pronounced him dead at the scene. A second man was also shot and critically injured but survived and was found sitting on a front porch.

The surviving victim identified the shooter as a man named Gabe, directing investigators to 32-year-old Gabriel D. English of Kansas City. Witnesses said the confrontation began over text messages: English had gone to the house to confront the surviving victim about messages sent to an ex-girlfriend who was with English, and the dispute escalated into the shooting.

Officers located and arrested English in the 6400 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard and recovered a 9mm Glock in the vehicle he occupied. Ballistics matched the gun’s ammunition to shell casings from the scene. The Jackson County prosecutor charged English with second-degree murder for Thompson’s death, plus assault and two counts of armed criminal action; he was held at the Jackson County jail on $350,000 bond.

Did anyone in Kansas City know Steven Thompson or have information about the events leading up to that early morning shooting?