Steven Peoples Sr., 49, was shot dead the morning of September 13, 2020, on the 1100 block of Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Officers responding to a shots-fired call just before 10 a.m. found Peoples at the scene with an apparent gunshot wound; homicide investigators later cordoned off the block as the case opened.

Early reports noted that authorities identified Peoples as the victim and had a person of interest in custody as the investigation began, but public details remained limited. Memorial information described Peoples as someone drawn to music and writing whose presence could fill a room, a reminder that the death left a private and communal loss beyond the crime scene.

Does anyone have information about Steven’s life on Central Avenue or saw anything on September 13, 2020?