On the early morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023, officers in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to a shooting near 1st Street and Holmes, an area described as near Columbus Park. A canvass of a nearby wooded area that includes an encampment for unhoused people produced a male victim, later identified as 55-year-old Elvis Danner, who was pronounced dead after emergency responders arrived.

Initial reports described bodily trauma; the medical examiner at the scene determined Danner had sustained apparent gunshot wounds and ruled the death a homicide. Detectives had not arrested any suspects and said there was no immediate risk to the public. Authorities were seeking witnesses and offering a reward for tips that could lead to an arrest.

Does anyone who was in the Columbus Park area on December 24 have information that could help investigators?