Stephen Carvel Carter Jr., 31, was killed in a shooting in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, August 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. Police were called just before 1:30 a.m. to the parking lot of the Handy Coin Laundry on Eastwood Trafficway, where Carter was found with gunshot wounds and later pronounced dead at the scene. The Kansas City Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Few details about what led to the shooting have been released. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified, and investigators have appealed to the public for information. If anyone was in or near the Handy Coin Laundry parking lot that morning or has information about Stephen Carvel Carter Jr.’s death, please contact the Kansas City Police Department.