On the evening of May 1, 2026, 15-year-old Zy’Aer Hamilton was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds inside a residence in the 2800 block of Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas. Officers arrived about 6:00 p.m.; the death was identified as the city’s fifth homicide of the year and the Major Case Unit took over the investigation.

Hamilton’s family publicly called for justice and police asked the public to contact the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline with any information. Detectives later arrested a 17-year-old and the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office charged that teenager with first-degree felony murder and two counts of interference with law enforcement. Details of any subsequent trial, conviction or sentence have not been released.

Does anyone who lived near Parallel Parkway that evening or who has information about this case have details to share with investigators?