David C. Cromwell, 22, was killed in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri on August 17, 2024. Officers responding at about 4:15 p.m. to reports of shots fired into a vehicle in the 300 block of Maple Boulevard later found that targeted car near Smart and Bales in the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood. Cromwell was located unresponsive inside the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene; a second man suffering gunshot wounds had managed to exit the car and was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

The death was ruled a homicide. The investigation remains active.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, saw the vehicle leave Maple Boulevard around 4:15 p.m., or has information about what happened near Smart and Bales, please share what is known.