On the afternoon of May 13, 2026, around 3:30 p.m., two teenagers were shot in the 1700 block of South 16th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Eighteen-year-old Luis Yomar Tejada Ceballos and 17-year-old Briguel Perez were found with gunshot wounds and taken to a local hospital, where both later died. Tejada Ceballos was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department Major Case Unit is investigating the double homicide. As of May 16, 2026, no arrests had been made and authorities have not publicly released details about suspects or a motive. An obituary for Luis Yomar Tejada Ceballos was published and funeral services were scheduled.

What information can anyone in the community share that might help investigators identify who was responsible?