Mauliek Taylor, 28, was found unresponsive beside a vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 5100 block of Hickory Road in Kansas City, Missouri, shortly before 7 p.m. on a Monday and was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. Officers recovered spent shell casings near the victim and a vehicle in the lot, and investigators say Taylor had been involved in an interaction with at least one other person that escalated to gunfire.

Police say the investigation quickly developed leads; within two days a 23-year-old Kansas City man, Tyler D. Thompson, was identified and arrested. Court documents state that witnesses told investigators Thompson and another person had arranged to meet Taylor and a second man for a drug transaction and that Thompson opened fire with a rifle, fatally wounding Taylor. The Kansas City Police Department offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and worked with Partners for Peace to reduce the risk of retaliation and support those affected.

What did anyone in the area see that evening, and who else might have information about the meeting in the parking lot?