In the early morning hours of July 28, 2019, 19-year-old Adam Williams was found fatally shot inside a vehicle on North Allis Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Officers arrived about 2:15 a.m.; Williams had sustained a fatal chest wound from what was later identified as a high-powered assault rifle. Two friends were with him and escaped into nearby woods as the shooting continued.

Witnesses at the scene told investigators multiple assailants were involved and that the attack appeared targeted, though they could not give usable descriptions. Surveillance from a nearby school captured the incident but the footage was too poor to identify suspects or a vehicle. A routine traffic stop later recovered two firearms, including a high-powered assault rifle matched by ballistics to the weapon that killed Williams and linked to another shooting. The driver of that vehicle was arrested and refused to identify a passenger who fled; no arrest has been made in Williams’s murder and the investigation remains active. His family described him as passionate about basketball and remembered him as a vibrant young man.

Did anyone in the community know Adam’s circle well enough to help identify who might have been with him that night?