On the evening of October 13, 2024, 36-year-old DeAnthony Guthrie was fatally shot around 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store near East 35th Street and Cleveland Avenue in the Palestine East neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Officers found Guthrie with apparent gunshot wounds; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Surveillance footage and witness canvassers showed Guthrie and a separate vehicle arriving about 5:25 p.m. Guthrie went into the store, returned, and approached a black Chevrolet Blazer where he reportedly handed an item described by a witness as loose change to the driver. As he walked back to his own car, a passenger in the Blazer confronted him with a handgun and fired multiple times.

Authorities identified and arrested 37-year-old Tracy L. Parker of Kansas City, charging him with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action. Court documents state Parker told police he and Guthrie had a long history, including an alleged shooting when they were teenagers and time incarcerated together; Parker said he had not seen Guthrie in about 15 years but there was an ongoing dispute. Parker was held without bond as proceedings began.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Guthrie or the black Chevrolet Blazer, please come forward.