On the evening of November 8, 2024, 66-year-old Dennis Roy Griffin was found unresponsive inside his green GMC Sierra pickup after a shooting at East 75th Street and The Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. First responders transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m. Investigators described the incident as stemming from a road rage altercation: Griffin’s truck reportedly swerved to cut off a white SUV, the vehicles stopped at a light, and someone in the SUV fired multiple shots through Griffin’s driver side window before fleeing.

Months of investigation produced an identified suspect. Court records state that 21-year-old Isaiah Francis was charged in April 2025 with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; prosecutors said witnesses and scene evidence tied him to the incident, while Francis acknowledged driving the SUV but claimed a backseat passenger fired the shots. Griffin was a United States Army veteran, a longtime Kansas City resident who graduated Central High School in 1974, and is survived by his wife of 45 years, a daughter, and grandchildren.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the white SUV or its occupants, please share what is known.