After prosecutors determined he was innocent in the 1978 triple murder for which he has been imprisoned for more than two-thirds of his life, Kevin Strickland
Updated: 11:21 AM CDT May 24, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 20 years in a Missouri prison for the fatal shooting in April 2015 of Dominique Stafford, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Monday.Derius Taylor, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action, Peters Baker said in a news release. Peters Baker said a Jackson County judge sentenced Taylor to 10 years in prison on each of those convictions.According to court records filed, charges were filed in 2017 alleging Taylor fatally shot Stafford, who was found slumped over in a car left at 37th Street and Elmwood Avenue in Kansas City. Court records indicate Stafford’s phone records showed calls to his phone from a friend of Taylor s. A witness told police that Taylor shot the victim after he arranged to meet him. Taylor told the witness he knew he would need to shoot the victim because he intended to rob him. Court records indicated t
Kansas City Mass Shooter Suspect Charged After 18th & Vine Homicide
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A fight in the 18th & Vine Jazz District sparked one of the worst mass shootings the Kansas City East side has suffered this year.
A beloved local was murdered in the fracas and gunfire spent dozens of patrons scurrying away in fear.
Today the prosecutor announced a litany of charges against a suspect who was recently captured by police:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City man is facing charges in connection to the April 25 deadly shooting of 34-year-old Gary Taylor near 18th and Vine Street. Taylor owned a local gym, Power House Fitness. Jackson County prosecutors Thursday charged 29-year-old Jerronn Anderson with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.