On the evening of November 19, 2016, a double shooting at a Raytown gas station in the 5200 block of Blue Ridge Cutoff left 24-year-old Marlin D. Williams dead. The shots were reported at about 7:10 p.m.; both Williams and another man were found in the parking lot with gunshot wounds and taken to a nearby hospital. The other man was reported to be in stable condition, while Williams was pronounced dead.

Williams’ death was the first homicide recorded in Raytown that year. Law enforcement opened an investigation into the double shooting but made no arrests and did not publicly identify any suspects at the time. Investigators asked anyone with information to contact the TIPS Hotline.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Marlin Williams, please share what you know with the investigation.