Jimmie Clark Jr., a 44-year-old Black man, was found with apparent gunshot wounds near the intersection of North 7th Street and Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas, on the night of September 17, 2024. Officers arrived about 10:42 p.m. after reports of a person lying in the street near Jersey Creek Park; paramedics pronounced Clark dead at the scene.

Two days later the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department arrested 53-year-old Willie Lee Rucker and charged him with second-degree murder, discharging a weapon at an occupied vehicle, and possession of a weapon by a felon. Rucker was booked into the Wyandotte County jail with bond set at $250,000, and court records show prior convictions including child torture, assault, and domestic battery. Clark’s death was recorded as the 19th homicide in Kansas City, Kansas for 2024.

If anyone saw activity near North 7th and Parallel Parkway that night or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with the authorities.