Era’Shae Johnson, 23, was shot and killed on the evening of October 17, 2022, at the Friendship Village Apartments in the 5600 block of Norton Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Johnson, a recent Pittsburg State University graduate who had just accepted a position working with special needs children, was found inside a silver sedan parked near a large blue dumpster; the car’s taillights were on and a rear door was ajar. She was transported to a hospital with apparent gunshot wounds and died about two hours later.

Investigators processed the scene that night but struggled in the months afterward to identify a suspect. As of early 2023 no charges had been filed in Jackson County. Family members and local clergy publicly said they believed the killing was domestic in nature and that the shooter was someone Johnson knew. The case remains an open investigation.

If anyone has information about who met Era’Shae at Friendship Village Apartments that evening, please come forward.