On the morning of Sunday, March 10, 2024, two cousins were killed in a shooting at a gas station convenience store in the 4800 block of Independence Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Nicholas Lewis, 37, and his cousin Reginald McGee, 34, were waiting in line when an argument reportedly broke out and another customer brandished a gun. Responding officers found one victim unresponsive in the parking lot around 4:30 a.m.; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The other victim, identified in reports as Nicholas Lewis, was found inside the store with gunshot wounds and later died at a hospital.

Both men were remembered by family as devoted fathers and skilled hands—Lewis described as the family’s mechanic and a movie buff who left three children, and McGee as a handyman and avid Kansas City Chiefs fan. Police identified a person of interest and urged witnesses to contact the homicide unit or the anonymous TIPS hotline; a reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. Does anyone who was in or near that store that morning have information that could help investigators?