Decorrian Partee, 28, was killed on the evening of Saturday, January 31, 2026, during a shooting inside a Popeye’s at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City. Police say an interaction among several people in the restaurant escalated into a heated altercation and gunfire. Officers arriving shortly after 8 p.m. found two men with gunshot wounds; one was alert and taken to a hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, while Partee was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was reported as the city’s eighth homicide for 2026.

The shooter or shooters fled the scene in an unknown direction and, as of early February 2026, no arrests had been announced. Homicide detectives are handling the investigation and a reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest. If anyone was in or near the restaurant that night and has information, please come forward.