A three-year-old child, Quezariah Jackson, died after a shooting at a Kansas City, Missouri home on December 24, 2022. Officers went to a residence in the 7800 block of James A. Reed Road about 6:45 p.m. after reports of a shooting. First responders found Quezariah with a critical gunshot wound; she was taken to a nearby hospital and died later that night.

The Kansas City Police Department led the investigation and interviewed witnesses who were inside the home at the time the weapon discharged. Detectives described the shooting as appearing accidental and said they were not actively looking for any suspects; no arrests were made immediately. The medical examiner was assigned to determine the official cause of death, and the death was mentioned alongside other accidental child shootings in the metro area that holiday season. The child’s mother organized a fundraiser to help with burial expenses and described the loss as a heartbreaking accident.

If anyone was in that area on the evening of December 24, 2022, or has information about what happened inside the home, please come forward.