Elijah Zakka, 43, a Black man, was killed on March 31, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri, in a shooting that unfolded late in the morning near East 43rd Street and North Askew Avenue. By the time officers reached the area, the scene had already shifted from reports of gunfire to the grim reality of a homicide investigation, with Zakka identified as the victim.
The killing came on a day when Kansas City police were already stretched across more than one violent scene, working separate homici
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