On the late afternoon of August 21, 2022, 38-year-old Marvin Williams was found in the grass in front of a townhome near East 89th Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, suffering from gunshot wounds. A witness had begun CPR before officers and EMS continued life-saving efforts, but Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly focused on 27-year-old Jordan Owsley as the primary suspect. After the shooting Owsley fled with his two daughters, aged 4 and 7, triggering a multi-state Amber Alert across Missouri and Kansas. The children were recovered safely that evening at a relative’s home, and Owsley surrendered to police the next morning. Reports say Williams was associated with the mother of Owsley’s children and that the men had been in an altercation a couple of months earlier. Owsley was charged in connection with Williams’s death.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near East 89th and Troost on August 21 or has information about the events leading up to it, please come forward.