Timothy A. Phillips, 38, was shot on the morning of January 13, 2022, in the 300 block of North Leslie Avenue in Independence, Missouri. He had been seated in his vehicle when a dark-colored SUV pulled alongside. A witness who had just hugged Phillips said an argument between Phillips and another man escalated, the SUV’s rear window rolled down, a handgun was brandished, and several shots struck Phillips. The SUV fled and Phillips was taken to Centerpoint Hospital, where he died two days later of his wounds.

Police say they located an SUV matching the witness description at an address in Higginsville and took three people into custody there. One of them, 18-year-old Brayden A. Stone of Independence, was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. Stone allegedly told investigators he shot Phillips after Phillips produced a gun, and that he tossed his own gun out of the car window en route to Higginsville; no weapon was recovered on or near Phillips.

Are there witnesses or local residents who remember seeing the SUV or the confrontation on Leslie Avenue that morning?