Terrance Sherrils, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 5, 2024. The shooting occurred in a wooded area behind a business off U.S. 40 Highway in Kansas City, Missouri, an area described as a homeless encampment. Officers were dispatched around 6 a.m. after reports of gunfire and found Sherrils unresponsive outside a tent with apparent gunshot wounds; medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police say the shooting followed an altercation between Sherrils and another man and describe it as an isolated incident that began as a personal dispute. Several witnesses at the encampment helped law enforcement identify and detain an adult male suspect at the scene; authorities do not believe other people are being sought in connection with the case.

Anyone who was at that encampment or has information about the events leading up to the shooting is asked to come forward.