Edgar Banks, 31, a Black male, was found shot in the 3000 block of Parkwood Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 26, 2019. Police were dispatched at 1:58 p.m. and arrived to find him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Local reports soon identified him by name and confirmed his age and residence in Kansas City, Kansas.
Initial coverage noted that detectives had no suspect information to release and appealed for tips through the TIPS Hotline. Subsequent listings that memorialize victims of gun violence and compile incident records corroborate the date, location, and fatal nature of the shooting. As of the latest available reporting, authorities have not announced an arrest or filed charges publicly in connection with Banks’s killing, and no suspect has been publicly identified.
