Torrence Evans, 25, was fatally shot in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 25, 2016, the morning before his 26th birthday. The shooting occurred in the 5600 block of Hardesty Avenue; police found Evans deceased in the street after he had been fired upon multiple times. Evans was a father of three and the front man for a family musical group called The Stable who had returned to the city to celebrate his birthday.

Investigators identified Dairian E. Stanley as the primary suspect and concluded the killing was driven by romantic rivalry and jealousy after Stanley learned Evans was involved with Stanley’s ex-girlfriend, Coreal Settle. Court testimony says Stanley assaulted Settle, forced her to drive to Evans’ location, then confronted and shot Evans; Settle fled on foot and Stanley left in her vehicle and was later arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At trial Stanley, who was 22 at the time of conviction and represented himself, was convicted of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in January 2018. Settle testified under granted immunity but gave conflicting accounts and was reluctant to identify Stanley as the shooter.

Does anyone have memories of Evans’ performances with The Stable or information about the case that could shed more light on the events leading up to that morning?