On February 18, 2022, 14-year-old Samuel Guess, a Black/African American male, was shot dead inside an apartment near 22nd Street and Birch Drive in Kansas City, Kansas. The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. in a residence across the street from Argentine Middle School. Samuel and a friend, 14-year-old Antonio Johnson, were both found deceased at the scene from gunshot wounds; both were students in the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department Major Case Unit led the investigation. On May 3, 2022, authorities announced an arrest: 24-year-old Patrick Howard of Kansas City, Missouri, was taken into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Kansas Fugitive Apprehension Task Force. The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office charged Howard with two counts of second-degree murder; he was being held on $250,000 bond.

Does anyone have information about Samuel’s life, the apartment complex, or that area on February 18, 2022?