Freddie Nevels, a 23-year-old Black father and musician, was shot and killed around 8 p.m. on Friday, July 21, 2017, in the front yard of a home on the 3800 block of East Sixth Street in Kansas City’s Northeast neighborhood. Nevels was a drummer and singer working to expand his music career and was father to two children.

Family members, including his sister Tasha James and brother Tony Nevels, sat on the steps where he was killed in the days after the shooting and described seeing people they believe were responsible driving around and taunting them. The family said Freddie had been in a fight earlier that did not involve guns and believe someone later returned seeking retribution. They urged against retaliation, quoting their father’s plea that enough’s enough.

Relatives criticized limited contact with detectives in the first 48 hours. Police said detectives were working the case and had secured surveillance footage but would not release it. As of November 2017 the killing was unsolved and no arrests had been announced; anyone with information was asked to contact the TIPS hotline.

If anyone knew Freddie, witnessed the shooting, or has information about the surveillance footage, please come forward.