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Legend Taliferro

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Jun 29, 2020

Victim Details

Legend M. Taliferro

Female

Black / African American

Kansas-city

MO

2020-06-29

4

Legend

Taliferro

07/12/2026

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In the pre-dawn hours of June 29, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri, four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, a Black male, was asleep in a first-floor apartment at the Citadel complex. Gunshots suddenly pierced the quiet, fired from behind a privacy fence and through the sliding glass doors of the apartment, striking the young boy. He was rushed to a local hospital by a family member but tragically succumbed to his injuries. The shooting was not a random act of violence; detectives believed the apartment w ...
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  • KCTV Kansas City: 'This is a nightmare': Kansas City boy dies after shot in face while sleeping
  • KMBC: Sleeping 4-year-old boy killed in shooting in Kansas City
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    I've been thinking a lot about the surveillance footage that led to Ryson B. Ellis’s arrest. I'm g... ...Read More
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    I’ve been following LeGend’s case closely, and the more I learn, the more heart-wrenching it is.... ...Read More
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