On the early morning of July 4, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri, police officers were dispatched to the 5700 block of Mersington Avenue following reports of gunfire. Around 3:45 a.m., responding units arrived at a residence in the area, where they were directed to the backyard. There, they discovered the body of a Hispanic male who had sustained gunshot wounds.
Emergency medical personnel pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.
The victim was identified as 19-year-old Carlo Enrique Collado. Investigators determined that the shooting occurred in the early hours of the holiday, contributing to a violent start to the Independence Day celebrations in the city. At the time of the discovery, officers detained multiple individuals present at the scene for questioning to determine their relationship to the victim and the events leading up to the shooting.
As of the available public reports following the incident, detectives indicated they were not initially seeking additional suspects outside of those interviewed at the scene. However, no specific arrests or formal charges naming a suspect in the death of Carlo Enrique Collado have been released in the subsequent homicide summaries for that year. The case was recorded as one of several homicides occurring in Kansas City on that day, separate from other violent incidents reported in the metro area during the holiday.
