Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2026, gunfire erupted inside Status Nightclub on Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, and two women were killed. Twenty-nine-year-old Eboni Silas was wounded inside the crowded venue, transported to a nearby hospital, and later died of her injuries. Twenty-four-year-old Tishauna Ballard was pronounced dead at the scene. Three women were shot in total; a third woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A fourth person, an adult man, arrived at a hospital by private vehicle with critical injuries sustained in the same incident.

Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies who were working off-duty at the nightclub heard the shots and responded. Investigators have been processing evidence and interviewing witnesses, and officials say the search for the suspect or suspects is ongoing; no arrests have been announced. Family and friends held a vigil outside the nightclub to remember Silas and Ballard, and a friend noted Silas had plans and goals for her future.

Does anyone who was at Status Nightclub that night or who has information about the incident want to come forward?