Sheldon Moten, a 38-year-old Black man from Kansas City, Kansas, was found dead in the roadway on Normandy Lane near South 37th Street on May 26, 2026. A 911 call just after 5:00 a.m. reported a person lying in the street; police located Moten in the 2200 block of Normandy Lane and the death was investigated as a homicide. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Major Case Unit handled the investigation and asked the public for tips.

Police later publicly identified Moten and said a person of interest was taken into custody shortly after the discovery. Prosecutors charged James Michael Brown with second-degree murder and aggravated battery in connection with Moten’s death. Reports do not describe what led to the violence, whether Moten and Brown knew each other, or the circumstances behind the aggravated battery charge. No motive has been reported.

Did anyone in the Normandy Lane area see or hear anything in the early morning hours of May 26 that could help investigators?