An 11-year-old girl, Kourtney Freeman, was fatally shot inside her Kansas City, Missouri home on the evening of April 10, 2024. Kourtney, a student at Ewing Marion Kauffman School who enjoyed basketball and participated in a local step team, was in the house on the 3300 block of Flora Avenue in the Ivanhoe neighborhood when gunfire from outside struck the residence just before 10:00 p.m. First responders found her unresponsive; she was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators concluded the shooting was a targeted attack on the home and that Kourtney was not the intended target. Surveillance footage and license plate reader hits identified a Chevrolet Equinox linked to the incident; ballistics and DNA from a firearm recovered during a search tied a suspect to the shooting. In May 2024 authorities arrested a 16-year-old, Re Mori T. Roath, in connection with the homicide and charged him in Jackson County with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action.

If anyone knew Kourtney, her routines, or saw a Chevrolet Equinox near Flora Avenue on the night of April 10, please come forward with information.