Nykolett Schroeder was 24 when she was fatally shot in the early hours of May 22, 2023, in the breezeway of the Canyon Creek Apartments near 93rd Street and Bales Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. She was found with critical gunshot wounds and taken to a hospital, where she died a few hours later. Schroeder was Black/African American and a mother of three; family remembered her for her love of family and friends and her passion for basketball and dance.

Investigators say a 911 call reported someone trying to break into an apartment; court papers show 39-year-old Maurice Jacques later called 911 and told police he had shot someone. Police reported a bullet hole in the door across from Jacques’s apartment, found a spent shell casing in his unit after he consented to a search, and noted no damage to his own front door, suggesting it was open when the shot was fired. On June 16, 2023, Jacques was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

If anyone knew Nykolett, her movements that night, or witnessed activity at the Canyon Creek Apartments around 3 a.m., please share information with the authorities.