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Dontayus Wiles

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Mar 16, 2019

Victim Details

Dontayus Wiles

Male

Black / African American

Kansas-city

MO

2019-03-16

40

Dontayus

Wiles

07/07/2026

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On a busy Saturday evening, March 16, 2019, Dontayus Wiles, a 40-year-old man, was fatally shot in the bustling parking lot of the Wild Woody's Happy Foods market in Kansas City, Missouri. The brazen attack occurred in the Ingleside neighborhood, amidst shoppers and even children, shattering the day's normalcy with a hail of seventeen gunshots. Wiles was leaving the store with his wife when the tragic events unfolded.

The investigation into Wiles's death uncovered a chilling plot of metic ...
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  • kansascity: Man shot outside Wild Woody’s Happy Foods in Kansas City dies from his injuries
  • Man shot in Kansas City grocery store parking dies from injuries
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