On the evening of November 16, 2023, gunfire broke out at the Blue Ridge Crossing shopping center in Kansas City near 42nd Street and Sterling Avenue. Officers arriving after 9:20 p.m. found 26-year-old Marquise L. Rose unresponsive near a business; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The shooting also killed 17-year-old DeMarcus Anthony Houston Jr., who was taken to a hospital and later died, while a third person suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by a private vehicle.

Investigators said the altercation likely began inside a retail store and spilled into the parking lots.

Marquise Rose, known to family as Quisie or Big Quise, was born in 1997 to Tyree Rose and Jessica Doyal. He worked as an entrepreneur and was described by relatives as a devoted father, protector, big brother, and uncle, leaving behind two children, his parents, and several siblings. If anyone witnessed the shooting or knew Marquise, does anyone have information that could help investigators?