On the evening of January 17, 2010, officers and witnesses in Kansas City found 18-year-old Winston G. Hughes inside a vehicle parked at 54th Street and Bellefontaine Avenue with life-threatening injuries. A female passenger was also in the car and had sustained critical wounds; she survived after being stabilized and taken to hospital. Hughes was transported for emergency care but died of his wounds the next day, January 18, 2010.

Investigators processed the scene but no suspect was publicly identified in the immediate aftermath. Reports in the years after the attack indicated no arrests or charges were filed and the homicide remained open with no motive or shooter identified. Family and friends held a funeral on January 23, 2010, at The U Church on East Bannister Road, and Hughes was buried at XII Gates Memorial Gardens.

If anyone knew Winston, was at 54th and Bellefontaine that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.