On the evening of March 4, 2023, 32-year-old Orlando D. Taylor Jr was found with apparent gunshot wounds inside an apartment on the 1300 block of Highland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers arrived just after 5:00 p.m. after reports of a disturbance. Emergency personnel transported Taylor to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival.

Police described the incident as stemming from a dispute within the apartment complex but did not release suspect descriptions or make any immediate arrests. Taylor’s death was counted as the city’s 23rd homicide of the year at that point. Detectives asked anyone with information to contact the homicide unit or the anonymous TIPS Hotline.

If anyone witnessed the disturbance at the Highland Avenue complex or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.