Late on the night of Sunday, February 25, 2024, a shooting at a home in the 300 block of Northwest Summit in Blue Springs, Missouri, left 39-year-old Cornell Elam of Kansas City with serious injuries. Officers found Elam around 11:50 p.m.; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.

Investigators quickly developed a suspect and an arrest warrant was issued for 33-year-old Anthony Wayne Taylor Jr., a Kansas City, Kansas resident, charging him with second-degree murder. Authorities described Taylor as six feet two inches tall, about 230 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and by March the Blue Springs Police Department was warning the public that he was considered armed and dangerous and remained at large.

If anyone has information about Cornell Elam, the residence on Northwest Summit that night, or Anthony Wayne Taylor Jr.’s whereabouts, please contact Blue Springs police.