On the morning of March 31, 2024, officers in Kansas City, Missouri, went to a home in the 1300 block of East 89th Street after reports of a shooting. They found an unresponsive Black man, identified as 27-year-old Da’Shawn L. Bell, with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency personnel pronounced Bell deceased at the scene shortly after 9:00 a.m.

Preliminary information indicates the shooting followed a verbal altercation between Bell and a woman inside the residence that escalated and culminated in shots being fired. Police detained the woman at the scene and took her into custody for questioning; authorities did not immediately release her identity or announce formal charges. Detectives and crime scene personnel processed the home and interviewed possible witnesses as the investigation remained active.

If anyone has information about what happened at the East 89th Street residence that morning, please share what you know with investigators.