Sharnia Martez Marty Robinson, a 42-year-old Black man from Overland Park, Kansas, was shot in the parking lot of the Regency Inn near 47th Street and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, on May 27, 2020. Officers found him with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition; he died of his injuries on May 28, 2020.

Authorities identified 38-year-old Matthew R. Walker as the suspect. After the shooting, Walker allegedly forced a woman at gunpoint to drive him away; that woman was later found unharmed. Walker was arrested without incident. He was initially charged with aggravated battery and aggravated kidnapping; after Robinson’s death the battery charge was upgraded to second-degree murder, and he was also charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim.

Robinson was remembered by those who knew him as loving and caring, with a passion for music and songwriting and strong support for friends and family. Funeral services were held June 6, 2020, at Mt. Calvary Church of God in Christ with burial at XII Gates Memorial Gardens.

Does anyone have information about Robinson’s last known movements that night or about witnesses who were in the area of the Regency Inn?