On September 26, 2016, Kansas City police opened a homicide investigation after a young man was found fatally wounded on the 3400 block of Harrison Boulevard. The victim was identified as Hubert A. Holmes, a 21-year-old Black male. Officers were dispatched in the early morning hours, around 2:30 a.m., following reports of a shooting; Holmes was located with a gunshot wound and was declared dead at the scene.

Holmes’s death was recorded as the city’s 86th homicide of 2016, part of a notable rise in violent incidents that year. Authorities processed the scene and canvassed the neighborhood while appealing to the public to contact the TIPS Hotline with any information. No arrests or suspects had been publicly reported and no motive was released at that time.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Hubert Holmes, please contact the TIPS Hotline.