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Craig Barksdale, 26, was fatally shot on the night of June 17, 2017, near the intersection of 80th and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Surveillance footage from a nearby convenience store shows him in good spirits shortly before the shooting, chatting and laughing with women in a white car and others. Police found Barksdale’s body after a shooting call at about 11:15 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the case was treated as a homicide.

Investigators reported difficulty moving the probe forward because many witnesses were reluctant to cooperate. In October 2017 police released the convenience store video hoping it would generate leads; officers said the people seen interacting with Barksdale were not considered suspects but might have information about his state of mind or conversations that preceded the shooting. The driver of the white car later contacted detectives. No arrests or publicly announced suspects have been reported and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone was at 80th and Troost on June 17, 2017, or knows anything about Craig’s last hours, please share what can help the investigation.