On the night of September 11, 2024, 43-year-old Willie L. Judon III was found unresponsive on the front porch of a residence in the Vineyard Northwest neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, after neighbors reported gunfire near the 4000 block of Norton Avenue. Officers arrived about 11:45 p.m.; Judon had apparent gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency aid. An adult female was also shot in the same incident; she was treated on scene and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to survive.

Detectives and crime scene investigators canvassed the area for witnesses and evidence, but in the days after the shooting no suspects were in custody and no arrests had been announced. Family and friends remembered Judon, born May 1981 and a Raytown South High School graduate, as passionate about basketball and real estate and as a father figure to several children. Anyone with information is asked to contact the TIPS Hotline.