Brenda Vera was 24 when she was found fatally shot inside a truck parked in a driveway on the 2500 block of Lister Avenue in Kansas City on the evening of January 17, 2017. Police say the shooting followed a road-rage incident after a collision. Witnesses reported Vera’s boyfriend, Eric B. Marquez, ran into a nearby house after the shooting, triggering a six-hour standoff; officers later entered the home and found it empty, and Marquez was not in custody at that time.

Court records say Marquez, a convicted felon, told his brother the shooting was an accident: he allegedly said another driver pulled a weapon, he drew his own handgun and fired at that driver, and Vera was struck. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office filed multiple felony charges against Marquez, including abandonment of a corpse and unlawful possession of a firearm, with prosecutors seeking a $100,000 bond. A GoFundMe was created to help with Vera’s funeral. She is remembered as a loving mother to a young son, and as a daughter, sister, and friend.

Did anyone in the Kansas City area see or hear anything about a road-rage confrontation near Lister Avenue on January 17, 2017?