Dustin Niehouse, 29, was shot and killed in the late hours of November 28, 2022, at the Cloud9 liquor store (also called Discount Smokes & Liquor) at 4305 Antioch Road in Kansas City’s Northland. Police responded shortly after midnight for an ambulance call and found Niehouse with apparent trauma; he was pronounced dead at the scene after officers and emergency crews began life-saving measures. Reports say he was shot five times.

Investigators identified the store clerk, 56-year-old Mark Delano Shelton, as the person who fired the shots. Shelton did not call 911 after the shooting; instead he locked the store, turned off the lights, and called his manager. A person of interest was detained soon after the incident, and a grand jury later returned an indictment charging Shelton with second-degree murder and armed criminal action on June 6, 2023, with an arrest on June 14, 2023.

The victim’s mother filed a wrongful death suit against Groceries 4 Less LLC, the store owner, alleging negligence in hiring, training, and supervision; that civil case was later settled without the company admitting liability. Does anyone have additional information about Dustin’s activities that night or about witnesses who were at the store?