A late-afternoon shooting on Sunday, February 23, 2025, left two men dead inside a home in the 9700 block of East Winner Road in Independence, Missouri. Officers responding encountered reports of injured people and an armed person refusing to surrender; the SWAT team entered the residence and found two men deceased from gunshot wounds. One victim was identified as 35-year-old Ernest Naler of Kansas City. The other was 41-year-old Steven Ray Johnson of Excelsior Springs.

A third man was located inside the home, taken into custody and transported to a hospital for injuries described as not life-threatening; he was released from custody a few days later as the investigation continued. Police said they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the community, but as of late February 2025 no charges had been filed and the circumstances of the deaths remained unclear.

Does anyone in the area remember activity on East Winner Road that afternoon or have information that could help investigators?