On September 29, 2022, 61-year-old Gregory D. Ultican was fatally shot inside a residence in the 600 block of SW 17th Street in Blue Springs, Missouri. Officers who answered a 3:45 a.m. shooting call found Gregory on a couch with a head wound; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

A family member who reported the shooting identified the shooter as Gregory’s cousin, 64-year-old Jeffrey A. Ultican, who was at the home when officers arrived. Jeffrey was taken into custody without incident; he told officers he had a loaded handgun in his pocket. Investigators also recovered a small amount of methamphetamine and a meth pipe on him.

Witnesses told police Jeffrey had been using meth, experiencing hallucinations and growing increasingly paranoid in the days before the shooting, and that he and Gregory had been arguing. After a gunshot, a witness reported hearing Jeffrey say statements that implicated him in the shooting. Jeffrey told detectives his cousin had taken his own life, but scene evidence and witness accounts contradicted that. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Jeffrey A. Ultican with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and sought a $250,000 cash bond.

Does anyone have information about Gregory’s last day or about the events at the house that morning?