On December 9, 2024, 17-year-old Cierra ’CeeCee’ Marshelle Pennington and 19-year-old Deontae Marchbanks were shot in the parking lot of the Charter Landing Apartments in the 6000 block of Blue Hills Road, Kansas City, Missouri. Surveillance footage shows the victims in a Nissan Sentra when an 18-year-old acquaintance, Linda S. Ater, left that car, crossed the lot to speak with people in a Chevrolet Malibu, then returned to the Sentra armed.

Investigators say Ater tried to fire a handgun but the weapon malfunctioned; she went back to the Malibu and someone from that vehicle then fired multiple rounds into the Sentra. Cierra was struck as she tried to flee and died at a hospital; Marchbanks was pronounced dead at the scene. More than two dozen shell casings were recovered and authorities identified additional suspects through the footage and investigation.

Did anyone in the area that afternoon see the vehicles or people involved?