Raymond R. Smith, 62, was shot and killed in Kansas City on Monday morning, July 31, 2023. At about 11:15 a.m. a resident on the 3800 block of Bales Avenue heard gunfire and saw a man lying motionless in the street. Officers who responded found Smith unresponsive with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a nearby hospital and was later pronounced dead.

Investigators recovered a single spent casing near where Smith was found. The Kansas City Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast neighborhood and interviewed potential witnesses, but as of this account no arrests have been made. The department has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Who in the neighborhood that morning might have seen or heard something that could help identify the person or persons responsible for Raymond R. Smith’s death?