On the afternoon of November 22, 2022, a daylight shooting at 28th Street and Prospect Avenue in the Santa Fe neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, left two men dead, including 20-year-old Montez Mack, a Black male. Officers arrived after reports of gunfire around 1:00 p.m.; Mack and another victim, Leerick Kelley, were found with gunshot wounds and were declared dead at the scene.

Surveillance video showed Mack and Kelley walking north on the east side of Prospect Avenue before both suddenly appeared startled and crouched as shots were fired. The footage captured one victim trying to return fire while fleeing and the other carrying a grocery bag with diapers. Investigators recovered thirty shell casings believed to be from the attackers and five casings attributed to one of the victims. Witnesses saw the shooters run east and jump over fences through backyards along Lockridge Avenue.

Police tracked suspects to a nearby property where brothers Marques Derrick Smith and Marquan D. Smith were taken into custody; prosecutors charged each with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. Marques gave an alibi that was reportedly contradicted by an uncle; Marquan declined to speak with detectives. Both were ordered held without bond. If anyone knew Montez Mack or saw activity near 28th and Prospect that day, please share what was observed.