A Wednesday afternoon shooting investigation led police to the 14000 block of Interstate 49 in Kansas City, Missouri, after a caller reported gunfire. Initial searches turned up nothing until officers, assisted by Belton police, widened the search and located a vehicle stopped along the interstate. Inside was 23-year-old Cordell D. Bell of Kansas City, fatally shot. The discovery on August 5, 2015, was ruled a homicide and investigators asked the public to contact the TIPS Hotline with information.

No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. The sequence of events that resulted in Bell being in the stopped vehicle and who was responsible remain unclear. If anyone knew Cordell, saw activity on Interstate 49 that afternoon, or has information that could help, please share what is known with investigators.