On October 16, 2022, 18-year-old Dakota Rogers was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, Missouri. Rogers was a passenger in a Toyota Corolla and was pronounced dead at the scene near Vivion Road and North Oak Trafficway. The driver, an 18-year-old friend, was shot multiple times, rendered critically injured and paralyzed, and crashed into other vehicles after attempting to steer to safety.

The shooting reportedly followed a chance encounter at a red light, when occupants of another vehicle exchanged words with the teens and told them to stop trying to be hard and that the area was their streets. As the Corolla drove away it was struck by fire from an assault rifle. Kansas City Police identified two suspects, 20-year-old twin brothers Isaiah Z. Hernandez and Isaac G. Hernandez of suburban Shawnee, and charged them in Clay County Circuit Court with second-degree murder, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. Surveillance footage and witness statements reportedly helped identify the Volkswagen the suspects were allegedly driving; the brothers were arrested in Johnson County and prosecutors requested $1 million bond.

Does anyone have information about Dakota’s movements that afternoon or about the vehicle involved?