Mauro Brito-Pacheco was 41 when he was killed during an armed robbery at his workplace, Tina’s Hair Salon, in the 900 block of West 24th Street in Kansas City on the evening of August 10, 2009. Three armed people entered the salon intending to rob it; during the robbery one assailant fired a gun and struck Brito-Pacheco. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died of his injuries shortly after arrival.

Police opened a homicide investigation after the shooting. The three suspects who entered the salon have not been identified or arrested and the case remains unsolved. Any details about the robbery, the shooters, or movements around West 24th Street that night could help bring answers for Mauro’s family and friends. If anyone has information, please come forward.