In the early morning hours of a Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 2900 block of East 30th Street. Responding to reports of the shooting shortly after 6 a.m. on October 12, 2020, police were directed to a house where they found a man inside who was unresponsive. The man, later identified as 26-year-old Frank Richardson, had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
As the investigation into the fatal shooting of Frank Richardson began,
details remained scarce. Authorities had not immediately released any information about a potential suspect or suspects in the homicide. The case was noted as the city's 152nd homicide of the year.
In the wake of the shooting, another person arrived at a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators were working to determine if this individual's injuries were connected to the incident that resulted in Richardson's death. No further public information regarding any arrests or suspects in the death of Frank Richardson has been made available.
