On the evening of July 15, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas, 49-year-old Larone Brasfield, a Black male, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the 1500 block of North 25th Street, near Freeman Avenue. Police were dispatched to the scene shortly after 6 p.m. where they discovered Brasfield suffering from a gunshot wound. He was promptly transported to a local hospital for medical attention but ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, law
enforcement did not release details about the circumstances leading to the event or any information regarding a potential suspect. Three days later, authorities publicly identified the victim as Larone Brasfield of Kansas City, Kansas. His death was noted as one of several homicides in the metropolitan area during that summer, prompting calls from the community for anyone with information to come forward and assist detectives in their investigation. Memorials later confirmed that Brasfield was a victim of gun violence.
An arrest in the case was made later that month. On July 28, 2025, Dezmond Juwhan Colson, 26, was taken into custody and booked into the Wyandotte County Jail. Court records indicate that in August, Colson was formally charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Larone T. Brasfield. As of the latest available reports, the outcome of the trial had not been announced. In the weeks following his death, family and friends mourned their loss through published obituaries and community memorial pages.
