On the night of July 11, 2016, Mark A. Payne, a 26-year-old Black / African American man, was shot multiple times near 10th Street and Kimball Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, at about 10:45 p.m. The fatal shooting was reported as the metropolitan area’s 82nd homicide that year.

Law enforcement took a suspect into custody the following morning. The person arrested was identified as 53-year-old Tyrone M. Wesson Sr., a Kansas City, Kansas resident; he was booked into the Wyandotte County jail and charged with second-degree murder, with bond set at $500,000. Authorities did not release a motive for the killing.

Payne’s family remembered him as having a huge personality who loved telling jokes and drawing. If anyone knew Mark, his routines, or saw activity around 10th Street and Kimball Avenue that night, please share information with the investigators.