Marion C. Denmon III, a 20-year-old African American man, was shot in early December 2010 while riding as a passenger near the intersection of Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Elmwood Avenue in Kansas City. The driver rushed him to a nearby hospital, but Denmon died about two hours after the shooting.

On December 14, 2010, mourners at a memorial service for Denmon at Macedonia Baptist Church were forced into panic when shots were fired just after noon as people were exiting. Shell casings were recovered and one person was seen being handcuffed, but police later confirmed no one at the service was hit by those bullets.

The homicide investigation has struggled to produce a confirmed conviction for the shooters, and the case remained listed among Missouri’s unsolved homicides; Denmon’s mother died years later without the case being resolved.

If anyone attended the service or has information about the shooting near Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Elmwood Avenue, please share what is known.