On the evening of August 6, 2020, Jose Ning-kimble, a 17-year-old Black/African American male also known as Jose Miguel Manning-Kimble, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound near North 62nd Street and Nebraska Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Emergency responders took him to a local hospital after a police call at about 10 p.m., but he was pronounced dead. He had been preparing to enter his senior year at F.L. Schlagle High School.

The Kansas City, Kansas School District remembered him for an ever-present smile and a willingness to help others; family and friends described him as free-spirited and eager to assist anyone in need. The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department opened a homicide investigation and reported two people taken into custody as persons of interest; the identities and any formal charges were not disclosed and the investigation remained ongoing. Jose’s death came amid several other fatal shootings of teenagers in the same district in preceding months.

If anyone knew Jose, saw activity near North 62nd Street and Nebraska Avenue that night, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.