Maurice Hunter Jr, a 30-year-old Black man and father of four, was shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas on September 1, 2019. Police were called about 2:08 p.m. to the 5900 block of State Avenue and found Hunter in the street at the Carroll Creek trailer park with apparent gunshot wounds; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Loved ones described him as outgoing and a basketball fan who lived at the trailer park with his girlfriend.

Investigators say the incident began with a heated argument between Hunter and his girlfriend that involved the girlfriend’s 19-year-old daughter, Alexia Lasha Hendricks. According to statements in the investigation, a gun became involved during the dispute; Hendricks claimed Hunter grabbed the gun, threatened self-harm, then set it down and that the weapon accidentally discharged as she tried to hand it back, striking Hunter at point-blank range. Hunter’s Chevrolet Trailblazer was reported missing from the scene and was alleged to have been taken by the shooter.

The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s homicide investigators identified Hendricks as the primary suspect; she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated robbery. She later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and faced a sentence of about nine years in prison.

Did anyone in the Carroll Creek community or anyone who knew Maurice see or hear anything that afternoon that could help clarify what happened?