On the evening of October 23, 2023, gunfire in the 4200 block of Benton Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, left 26-year-old Jo DeMont Crawford fatally wounded. Officers were dispatched about 8:30 p.m. after multiple calls reporting shots; when they reached the residential area they found signs of a shooting but not the victim. Minutes later Crawford arrived at University Health by private vehicle with critical injuries and later died at the hospital.

Crawford, a Central High School graduate who worked as a bus driver and tax preparer, was remembered by friends and family by the nicknames Bubbles and Marty. As of the last reports, detectives had not announced any arrests or identified public suspects and the investigation was ongoing.

If anyone saw activity on Benton Boulevard that night or has information about who was involved, please share what is known with Kansas City police.