On the evening of July 5, 2016, 19-year-old Eduardo F. Celestin of Olathe was killed in a rolling gun battle in the 4700 block of Richmond Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Authorities say Celestin was inside a vehicle when occupants of that car and a second car exchanged gunfire. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his wounds. A person from the other vehicle was found near 50th Street and State Avenue with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was treated at a hospital.

The shooting was one of six homicides in Kansas City, Kansas that July. Despite an initial investigation and public appeals for information, no immediate arrests were announced. The case went cold and, as of the most recent available update, no suspects have been publicly identified or taken into custody in connection with Eduardo F. Celestin’s death.

Anyone with information about what happened on July 5, 2016, or who knew Eduardo, is asked to come forward.