On January 7, 2014, 21-year-old Donald Donato was shot and killed on a sidewalk near the Price Chopper at 5800 Wilson Road in Kansas City, Missouri. The confrontation began when 44-year-old Marcus T. Kennedy approached Donato’s girlfriend at a nearby gas station and offered to sell marijuana. Donato later approached Kennedy to inspect the marijuana; when Kennedy produced a bag, Donato allegedly grabbed it and tried to flee. Kennedy then drew a firearm and shot Donato twice in the back as he fled.

Police found Kennedy with bags of marijuana and 9mm ammunition, and a witness led officers to a yard where a discarded 9mm handgun was recovered. Kennedy admitted to firing after Donato took the marijuana. Jackson County prosecutors charged Kennedy with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; he pleaded guilty in September 2014 and was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

Did anyone in the area witness the moments before the shooting or have information about interactions between Donato and Kennedy earlier that day?