The evening of April 13, 2024, at Wilbur Young Park in Blue Springs, Missouri, ended in deadly violence after a gathering of young adults turned into a confrontation. Police were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. for reports of gunfire; investigators found multiple victims scattered across the park — one near the volleyball courts parking lot and another by a basketball court. Nineteen-year-old LaDronal Hamilton Jr. of Kansas City and 20-year-old Karmello Matlock of Blue Springs were both transported to hospitals and later pronounced dead. A 17-year-old male also suffered gunshot wounds and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives say witness statements and surveillance footage show a physical fight broke out before weapons were used. Court documents allege that 19-year-old Marquis Earl Savannah charged at a victim, dropped an AR-style rifle, picked it up, ran a short distance and then fired multiple rounds; the records specify Hamilton was the person Savannah shot. Footage reportedly captured at least eight muzzle flashes from the rifle. A second shooter, a 17-year-old whose name is withheld because of his age, is accused of firing the shots that killed Matlock. Two suspects were taken into custody following the shootings.

Does anyone have information about what happened at Wilbur Young Park that night or knew LaDronal Hamilton Jr.?