On May 18, 2024, 22-year-old K’yiel Collins-Phillips was found with gunshot wounds to his head and back in the 3400 block of Wyoming Street in Kansas City’s Volker neighborhood and was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers had initially been called about a recovered stolen vehicle near the Woodbridge Apartments before the call was upgraded to a shooting.

Court documents say two men, identified as Charles Harrison Sr., 76, and his son Charles Harrison Jr., 55, drove to the complex in a black Toyota Camry looking for a stolen Dodge Charger Hellcat. Prosecutors allege Harrison Jr. fired a weapon from inside the Camry and Harrison Sr. drove the car into Collins-Phillips; surveillance footage reportedly shows the victim with empty hands raised when he was struck. A third person was also taken into custody at the scene.

Charges filed after the incident included first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon against Harrison Jr., and first-degree assault and armed criminal action against Harrison Sr., whose bond was set at $100,000 at the initial hearing. If anyone knew K’yiel Collins-Phillips or has information about what happened, please come forward.