On the evening of January 5, 2016, Jerome Devon Simmons, 39, was found dead from a gunshot wound in a residence near North 11th Street and Kimball Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Police responded about 7:25 p.m.; at least three women were in the home when the shooting occurred. The city recorded this as its first homicide of 2016.

A 45-year-old man, Franklin Bryant Jr., voluntarily surrendered at Kansas City, Kansas Police Headquarters shortly after the shooting and admitted to the killing. He was arrested and, on January 7, 2016, the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office charged him with second-degree murder. The motive for the shooting was not released.

Simmons, born July 21, 1976 in Kansas City, Kansas, was a 1995 Harmon High School graduate and a trombone player in the school band. He is survived by his wife, parents, two sons, four daughters, and three brothers. Does anyone have information about Simmons or the events that night?