On the evening of April 12, 2015, Raymond Lee Gordon, a 25-year-old Black male, was shot and killed in the 1500 block of East 77th Terrace in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Police officers responding to reports of gunfire found Gordon lying in a front yard with fatal gunshot wounds; emergency responders were unable to save him.

Investigators found a second person about two blocks away who had also been struck by gunfire and believed to have been injured during the same volley of shots. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and appealed to residents for help, but initial reports say no suspects had been identified or arrested and no charges had been filed. The motive remained under investigation.

If anyone has information about what happened on East 77th Terrace that night, please contact the TIPS Hotline.