On the morning of July 3, 2024, a shooting at the Ethans Apartments in the Northland area of Kansas City, Missouri, left 27-year-old Christopher Lamar Henderson Sr. dead. Officers responding to reports of a shooting at about 6:00 a.m. found Henderson unresponsive in an apartment on the 1400 block of Northwest 80th Terrace with critical gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators say a heated argument or physical altercation inside the apartment escalated and a firearm was discharged. A person seen fleeing the scene was stopped nearby and detained; prosecutors later charged 35-year-old Jaymes D. Henderson with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Court records and online databases indicate the accused and the victim were likely brothers. Bond was set at $1 million; the accused’s record includes a 2014 burglary conviction and earlier charges for attempted burglary and violations of protection orders.

If anyone saw activity near Northwest 80th Terrace that morning or has information about the relationship between the men, please share what is known with investigators.