On the evening of April 21, 2022, Kansas City police were sent to a reported shooting on Wayne Avenue and found a man with gunshot wounds in a front yard. He was taken to a local hospital about 6:15 p.m. The victim was identified as 40-year-old David L. Bynum. He died of his injuries a week later on April 28, 2022, and the death was classified as a homicide, the city’s 51st that year.

The family announced his passing through a local funeral chapel, which invited community members to share memories. As of the last reports, no suspects had been taken into custody and no descriptions of a perpetrator were released. The investigation remained open.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Wayne Avenue that evening or has information about what led to Bynum’s death, please come forward.