Jeremy Ransom Hills, 38, was shot and killed on April 22, 2024, at the Orangewood Inn & Suites in the 11800 block of Northwest Plaza Circle near Kansas City International Airport. Police were called about 11:19 p.m.; when officers entered a hotel room they found two adult men with gunshot wounds. Emergency responders pronounced Hills dead at the scene and a second man was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

Officers detained a person of interest for questioning that night, but no formal charges in connection with Hills’ death were announced immediately. Detectives opened a homicide investigation to establish motive and sequence of events and asked witnesses to contact the homicide unit or the TIPS Hotline.

Hills lived in Kansas City and is survived by his wife, Brittany, and their children; family described him as a man who lived with intensity and a love for excitement, and a memorial service was held at a local church. If anyone has information about the shooting at the Orangewood Inn & Suites that night, please contact the homicide unit or TIPS Hotline.