On the evening of Sunday, April 27, 2025, 51-year-old Joshua Daniel Teel was shot and killed outside a residence in the Eastwood Hills East neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Officers were called to the 8500 block of Sni-A-Bar Road just before 6:00 p.m.; first responders found Teel unresponsive at the side of the home with apparent gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say Teel had been outside when he interacted with an unknown individual and the interaction quickly escalated to gunfire. The shooter fled in an unknown direction before police arrived. Detectives processed the scene and canvassed the neighborhood, but no detailed description of the suspect was released and no arrests were reported in the immediate aftermath.

Anyone who saw activity near the 8500 block of Sni-A-Bar Road that evening or who has information about this homicide is asked to contact the Kansas City homicide unit or the TIPS Hotline.