In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Lewis A. Anderson, a 22-year-old resident of the city, was found deceased on January 3, 2016. His body was discovered on a basketball court in a park located at 44th Street and South Benton Avenue after police were dispatched to investigate a shooting.
Lewis, born on September 23, 1993, was a father and was known to be a resident of Missouri, Kansas. The unfortunate discovery of his body, the victim of a fatal shooting, marked another homicide in the city to start the new year.
Following the incident, the Kansas City Police Department identified Anderson as the victim and made a public appeal for any information regarding the shooting. Authorities urged anyone with knowledge of the case to contact the TIPS Hotline. Despite the initial investigation and public pleas for assistance, the case of Lewis A. Anderson's death is listed among the unsolved homicides in Kansas City for 2016. To date, there have been no publicly announced arrests, nor have any suspects been officially named in connection with his murder. The circumstances surrounding his death remain an unresolved tragedy.
