Emilio Lopez was 18 when he was shot and killed on the evening of January 24, 2020, in the 8000 block of Greeley Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. He had been at a friend’s house; friends were inside playing video games when Emilio stepped out and was found shortly after on the front porch with a fatal gunshot wound. The shot reportedly was not heard by those inside.

Police investigators later linked the shooting to a drug transaction. Prosecutors said an arranged marijuana sale had turned violent after Emilio allegedly grabbed the drugs back, believing the payment was counterfeit; as he turned to go inside, a single shot was fired from a vehicle and struck him. Tirrell L. Stuart was arrested, charged, and convicted by a Wyandotte County jury of first-degree felony murder on the theory the killing occurred during the commission of drug distribution; he was sentenced to life in prison. The Kansas Supreme Court reversed that conviction in October 2024, ruling prosecutors had not proved the underlying drug distribution felony and the life sentence was vacated.

Are there witnesses or evidence from that night who haven’t yet come forward and could clarify what happened on the porch?