Late on the night of April 11, 2026, gunfire in the Shawnee Heights neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas left 35-year-old Asael Linares dead. Police were called to the 600 block of Ridgeview Avenue around 11:45 p.m. and found Linares outside his home with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Within days the investigation produced a person of interest and charges were filed. An 18-year-old identified as Martin Daniel Lopez was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on $250,000 bond. Investigators have not released a motive for the shooting. The Major Case Unit is continuing the inquiry and has asked the public for tips via the anonymous Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline.

If anyone in the Shawnee Heights area that night saw or heard anything relevant to what happened outside the 600 block of Ridgeview Avenue, please share information with authorities.