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Donovan Booker

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Apr 28, 2025

Victim Details

Donovan Booker

Male

Black / African American

Kansas-city

MO

2025-04-28

18

Donovan

Booker

07/26/2026

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On an evening in late April, the fluorescent lights of Liquor Xpress at the corner of East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, cast a stark glow on a scene that would soon turn fatal. Inside, an 18-year-old African American male named Donovan Booker was involved in a confrontation that would end his life on April 28, 2025. The young man, born on August 19, 2006, found himself in a struggle with another man near the store's counter.

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  • Hays Post: Police ID teen killed during altercation at Kansas City business
  • KSHB 41 Kansas City News: Man faces murder charge after deadly shooting Monday night at east Kansas City, Missouri, liquor store
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