Saveion McConnell, a 19-year-old from Lee’s Summit fatally shot by a Lafayette County Sheriff’s deputy May 1, was laid to rest over the weekend. In an online obituary, family members described the 2025 Lee’s Summit North High School graduate as a child of God who openly confessed his faith in Christ.
“He was a good kid,” McConnell’s mother, Michelle Washington, said during a vigil held shortly after his death. “He was so loved. Everybody here attests to how loved he was.”
When McConnell was fatally shot on the side of U.S. Highway 50 near unincorporated Pittsville after a foot pursuit, he was unarmed, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the agency handling the investigation. Prior to being mortally wounded, he was struck by a vehicle driven by a Lafayette County deputy but kept fleeing on foot, authorities said…