Two separate KC homicides from same day remain unsolved eight years later
Nov 22, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- More than 200 Kansas City homicides remain unsolved. Two of them occurred the same day in different parts of the city exactly eight years ago Friday.
Two families in separate parts of the Kansas City metro, going through the same pain Friday, on the eighth anniversary of their loved one's death.
November 22, 2016, 35 year old Air Force Veteran Corey Lee Walls was shot and killed by someone he said he didn't know who demanded his phone and wallet as he walked toward a bus station in route to go to his mom's house for Thanksgiving.
"He was just walking down the street and this happens to a lot of people's families every year and it's senseless," his sister Rachell Garlick said.
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And sometimes the very same day. November 22, 2016 was the last time anyone saw 21 year old Brandon Herring and the day his family has been told he was shot and killed.
"Brandon had money on him to get an apartment and a car and his friends picked him up, they just never brought my baby back home," his mother Rhonda Herring said.
His son would be born two weeks later. The body of the man they called "Mac Bear" was discovered in January the next year in the area of 67th and Lewis, by the family of Jessica Runions as they searched for her.
Friday, second grader King Joseph wrote a message on a balloon to his dad telling him he's doing good in school before releasing it to the heavens.
"It's not just about me, this is going on everyday we all want justice and accountability," Herring said.
It's why Rachell Garlick drove across Missouri Friday to stand at Cypress and St. John near where her brother was killed. Hoping someone passing by knows something that could help detectives.
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"If you know something say something. There are people like me everywhere that are just wanting justice for our family. These people that have done this to my brother are still living out here," Garlick said.
"Speak up, speak out, this is serious, because we are dying everyday and to walk in these shoes, you don't want to," Herring said.
Corey's Network held a fundraiser Friday in Olathe. They support homicide victim's families and posted both men's photos Friday hoping to generate new leads in the case.
Kansas City police say they will continue to work cases, no matter how long they remain unsolved. They encourage anyone to come forward and call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-8477. You can remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward.