In the early morning hours of May 11, 2024, 27-year-old White male Zachary H. Trivitt was found fatally injured in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers from the Kansas City Police Department were dispatched around 3:00 a.m. to the intersection of 12th Street and Benton Boulevard following reports of a disturbance involving a weapon. While police were en route, the call was upgraded to a shooting.
Upon arrival at the scene, officers were approached by an individual at a nearby business who stated that their friend had been shot.
Police located Trivitt unresponsive inside a vehicle, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency medical personnel responded to the location but declared him deceased at the scene. Detectives and crime scene personnel processed the area to gather evidence, and the death was immediately investigated as a homicide, marking the city's 49th of the year.
In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, law enforcement officials stated that no suspects were in custody. A police spokesperson indicated that while no arrests had been made at the time, investigators believed they were making significant progress toward identifying the primary person responsible for the killing. Detectives were reported to be reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing potential witnesses to piece together the events leading up to the fatal incident. As of the latest available reports, no charges had been filed, and authorities continued to urge anyone with information to contact the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline.
