Kyrstin Lickhart, 27, was wounded in a shooting near East 26th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City just after midnight on March 15, 2026. She was found in or near an alley by a gas station with gunshot injuries and taken to a hospital in critical condition. She died of those wounds on March 17, 2026; an obituary said she remained an organ donor and died surrounded by family and friends.

Surveillance footage played a central role in the investigation. Video reportedly shows Kyrstin getting out of a truck, moving through an alley toward a gas station, and later walking with a man identified by investigators as Dante Williams. Cameras allegedly captured the same man returning from the crime scene, discarding gloves and appearing to wipe his hands. Officers recovered two .22-caliber shell casings near Kyrstin, and prosecutors say testing matched those casings to a handgun taken from Williams when he was arrested. Williams, 22, was charged by Jackson County prosecutors with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Anyone who saw Kyrstin that night or has information about the footage or the area near East 26th and Prospect is asked to come forward.