Keith Cole, 55, was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds near the sidewalk in a residential area close to East 39th Street and South Benton Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, on the afternoon of July 23, 2022. Officers arrived around 5:00 p.m.; emergency medical personnel pronounced Cole dead at the scene. Investigators cordoned off two blocks of East 39th Street, from Agnes Avenue to Chestnut Avenue, while canvassing for evidence and witnesses.

The shooting came during a violent weekend that produced multiple homicides; Cole’s death was recorded as the city’s 88th homicide of the year. As of the reports following the incident, no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were announced. Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to contact the TIPS Hotline.

Does anyone in the neighborhood remember seeing or hearing anything around East 39th and South Benton on the afternoon of July 23, 2022?