On the morning of September 18, 2023, officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were called to a residence in the 3900 block of South Benton Avenue after reports of a disturbance. Responding around 9:00 a.m., police found 30-year-old Matthew L. White unresponsive beneath an entryway stairwell with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency medical crews pronounced him dead at the scene.

Detectives treating the case as a homicide determined the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute. Interviews and evidence at the home indicated White had been involved in a verbal argument with his cousin, Eric Morrow, which escalated when Morrow produced a firearm and shot White. Morrow was identified as a person of interest and taken into custody; prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, and two counts of armed criminal action.

White is survived by his mother, brother, and a daughter, and was remembered by family as cheerful and hardworking. If anyone witnessed the disturbance or has information about what led to the shooting, please come forward.