13-02-2025
Memorial growing for Kansas City business owner killed Monday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A memorial is forming at Joe's Liquor and Convenience store on Hickman Mills Drive in Kansas City, Missouri.
Its owner was .
The person who did it, hasn't been caught, but detectives are making headway in the case.
The memorial includes, a candle's flame, that's still burning, among the falling Wednesday snow.
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Police officers responded to the store around 6 p.m. Monday on a reported medical nature unknown.
'Someone called for an ambulance, but there was an unknown reason why,' Sgt. Phil DiMartino, with the Kansas City Missouri Police Department said.
It's where they found Zulfiqar Ladhani, also known to many as 'Joe', dead.
'I had no idea, but that's awful,' customer Rachelle Berymon said Wednesday. 'I've seen him a bunch of times.'
It's evident, the news of Joe's passing has spread throughout the south Kansas City area, based on the growing memorial visible Wednesday.
Some regulars, though, didn't know about the tragedy, like Berymon. She frequents the store weekly and was doing so Wednesday when she found out as she pulled up to the convenience store.
She was also there just a few hours before the shooting Monday, not knowing something would transpire that evening.
'You know what you did. You need to turn yourself in. Seriously,' she added.
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