On February 2, 2025, 49-year-old Jodie Hopcus was one of three women fatally shot at a residence in the Northland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Officers responding to a distress call around 12:40 a.m. found Jodie unresponsive alongside her 73-year-old mother, Sherri Duncan, and her 24-year-old daughter, Hailey Hopcus; all three were pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. A family dog was also found dead inside the home.

Reports describe a domestic dispute that began when Jodie asked her ex-boyfriend, 50-year-old Armando Navarro Jr., who also lived at the property, to move out. A surviving family member escaped and said Navarro initially retreated to a bedroom, then returned with a handgun, firing and wounding Jodie in the arm before allegedly switching to a larger firearm and fatally shooting her; the other victims were also shot during the incident. Navarro fled in a white 2020 Ford Expedition registered to a victim but was later located in Abilene, Kansas, and taken into custody.

Navarro has been charged in Platte County with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, four counts of armed criminal action, and animal abuse, and was being held without bond while prosecutors reviewed the case for potential capital charges. If anyone knew Jodie, her family, or saw activity near Northwest 65th Street that night, please share information with authorities.