On the evening of August 1, 2022, 35-year-old George Richards was found lying face down in the 5000 block of Bellefontaine Avenue in southeast Kansas City with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers pronounced him dead at the scene; investigators also observed tire tread marks across his left arm and back.

Surveillance footage described by investigators shows Richards and 42-year-old Shaun D. Johnson arriving together about half an hour before the shooting. The video reportedly shows Richards opening a car hood and using a portable battery jump box; as he closed the hood the footage is said to show Johnson shooting him five times. The assailant then allegedly drove away, running over the left side of Richards’ body. DNA from the battery jump box and cigarette butts near the body are reported to have been used as evidence.

Shaun D. Johnson was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and is being held without bond pending further court action. Did anyone in the neighborhood see either man on Bellefontaine Avenue that night or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?