On the evening of December 15, 2024, 15-year-old Tacobe Kindred was shot during a gathering in the Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Police officers were sent to the 3300 block of Bales Avenue shortly after 5:15 p.m. and, directed by residents, found the teenager with a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene and taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

Police canvassed the area for witnesses and evidence and listed the death as the city’s 140th homicide for the year. As of early 2026 no arrests or charges had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified. Law enforcement asked anyone with information to contact the TIPS Hotline; a reward was being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Did anyone in the neighborhood attend that gathering or see activity on Bales Avenue that evening?