Inset: Ramel Morgan (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office). Background: News footage captures the gas station where the tragic shooting took place (KCTV).
A Missouri man, Ramel Morgan, has been sentenced to prison after being spotted on surveillance footage with a firearm at a gas station just before a deadly shooting occurred.
Ramel Morgan, aged 20, entered a guilty plea for second-degree murder on July 9 in relation to the shooting death of an unnamed victim. He confessed to discharging the fatal shots on December 7, 2025, at a Kansas City gas station, an event captured by the station’s surveillance cameras. Morgan surrendered to the authorities a few weeks following the incident, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Law&Crime.
Though the victim’s identity has not been released, law enforcement indicated a potential love triangle might have linked Morgan, the victim, and a woman both were reportedly involved with.
Police records show that officers were dispatched to the scene in response to shooting reports around 11:45 p.m. on December 7, 2025. Upon arrival, neither the victim nor the suspect was present. It was later discovered that the victim managed to drive himself to a hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
A witness told police that they saw the suspect, later identified as Morgan, fire several shots into the victim’s silver Mustang before fleeing the scene on foot. Police found a 9mm Winchester shell casing at the scene. At the hospital, police found the victim’s silver Mustang and a Glock 22 .40-caliber handgun inside.
Police then reviewed the surveillance footage from the gas station, which showed Morgan’s gray Hyundai Sonata pulling up to the gas pumps. Three unnamed individuals got out of the car and went inside the store; Morgan then exited the driver’s side and went inside, where he was seen carrying “an object resembling a handgun.” Morgan was seen coming in and out of the store until he saw the victim’s Mustang pull into a parking space.
According to the complaint, Morgan walked over to the passenger’s side of the victim’s car and spoke with the driver, who was identified as the victim. After a brief conversation, Morgan opened fire and shot into the Mustang multiple times before running away.
The three unnamed individuals ran out of the store and got into a black Jeep, which then drove away from the gas station. Police found Morgan’s Sonata in the parking lot.
Police tracked down the driver of the Jeep and other witnesses who were at the gas station during the shooting. One of them had recorded the incident on their phone, which captured a male voice saying, “Come here before I kill this [expletive],” followed by a female voice saying, “You do what you have to do.”
Police said a witness who was at the scene told officers that Morgan asked the victim if he was there to see an unnamed woman. The same woman was identified by a witness as being “involved romantically” with both Morgan and the victim, “which [the witness] believed led to the shooting.”
Several witnesses identified Morgan in a photo lineup. One witness told police that Morgan confessed to shooting the victim after seeing him with a gun.
Morgan was sentenced to 14 years in prison.