On the evening of January 20, 2025, police in Kansas City, Missouri, responded just after 7:30 p.m. to a home near East 56th Street and Westridge Road after reports of a shooting. Officers found Amauri Holland-Williams, a Black 18-year-old male, lying in the front yard with apparent gunshot wounds. Bystanders had tried to render aid before emergency personnel took over and transported him to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died there several hours later.

Detectives and crime-scene teams processed the scene and interviewed witnesses to reconstruct what happened. No arrests had been made in the immediate aftermath, and investigators had not identified a suspect or a motive. A reward of up to $25,000 was being offered for information leading to an arrest, and police asked anyone with tips to contact the homicide unit or the anonymous hotline.

If anyone has information about Amauri Holland-Williams, the shooting, or saw activity near East 56th and Westridge on the evening of January 20, please come forward to investigators.