On the night of June 27, 2026, 18-year-old Dillion Boykin was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 9200 block of Old Santa Fe Road in Kansas City, Missouri. Police responded to a shooting call at about 10:30 p.m., found Boykin unresponsive with gunshot wounds, and he was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Sixteen-year-old Brandon Henderson was also shot that night, taken to a hospital in a private vehicle, and later died.

Neighbors reported hearing a spray of bullets, and some described the sound as consistent with a machine gun or a firearm fitted with a switch device. This was the second double homicide on that block within 16 days, bringing the city’s homicide total to 71 and 72 for 2026. Homicide detectives are investigating; no suspects have been publicly identified or taken into custody and authorities are seeking tips, offering a substantial reward for information that leads to an arrest. A celebration of life for Dillion Boykin was held on July 8, 2026.

If anyone has information about the shooting that night or knew Dillion, please share what is known with investigators.