Shortly before 10 p.m. on March 2, 2020, gunfire erupted at the Grays Park Apartments in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Responding officers found 19-year-old Julian Ponce-Frank and 19-year-old Abdu Wana fatally wounded in the complex parking lot; both died of gunshot injuries. The killings were the city’s sixth and seventh homicides that year.

Julian Ponce-Frank, known as Juju, was born January 11, 2001. He was remembered as a loyal friend and a devoted father to his son Nathan, whom he had at age 16. A 2019 graduate of J.C. Harmon, he had been an undefeated middle school wrestler, was mechanically inclined, and worked to support his son while finishing school.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is handling the investigation. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. Anyone with information is asked to contact the TIPS Hotline.