On the evening of July 4, 2022, officers in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to the 8900 block of Longview Road after reports of a person lying on the ground. First responders found a man with apparent trauma and transported him to a nearby hospital; he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The victim was identified as 30-year-old Hispanic male Carlos Martinez-Ramirez.

Investigators recovered 9mm shell casings at the scene. Witnesses described a white van from which the victim and several other men exited before an altercation. Those witnesses said Martinez-Ramirez struck a man later identified as Jairo Garcia-Perez, who then shot Martinez-Ramirez multiple times. Garcia-Perez reportedly admitted to police that he had shot the victim and discarded the firearm along the side of the road. Prosecutors charged Garcia-Perez with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death.

Does anyone have additional eyewitness information or video from the Longview Road area that evening?