On the afternoon of Friday, September 8, 2017, 36-year-old Marcell T. Smith was found shot near East 54th Street and Park Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, and was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was recorded as the 106th homicide in Kansas City that year.

Smith was a father of two who had recently obtained a commercial driver’s license permit and planned to enroll in truck driving school to support his children. Family and friends described him as hardworking and non-confrontational; they held a prayer vigil after his death. Kansas City police opened an investigation and asked the public for help, but no arrests or suspect identifications have been publicly announced and the case remains unresolved.

If anyone knew Marcell or has information about what happened near East 54th Street and Park Avenue that afternoon, please come forward with tips that might help his family find answers.