Ricardo Apodaca, an 18-year-old Hispanic man from Kansas City, Missouri, was killed in Kansas City, Kansas on the evening of February 15, 2023. Police responded just after 8:20 p.m. to reports of gunfire in the 2300 block of North 11th Street and found him deceased at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound. The shooting was listed as the city’s fourth homicide that year.

Ricardo was the youngest of his siblings and had been involved in wrestling and soccer as a youth. Family members remember him as family-oriented, driven by faith, and in pursuit of happiness. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Major Case Unit is investigating; no suspects or arrests have been announced.

Authorities have asked the public to watch for a dark, possibly black, older-model extended-cab pickup truck with duct tape on the driver’s door, a toolbox in the bed, and two different styles of wheels on the driver’s side. Anyone with information is asked to contact the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Did anyone in the area see that truck on February 15, 2023 or have information about Ricardo’s last movements?