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Next tonight here, the alleged accidental murder confession in kansas city. prosecutors say a suspect mistakenly recorded himself admitting to killing an attorney in front of his home. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: in kansas city tonight, an arrest in the mysterious murder of personal injury attorney tom pickert. >> my office filed a first degree murder charge against david g. jungerman. >> reporter: jungerman is the man pickert defeated in court last summer, ordered to pay nearly $6 million to pickert's client, one of two men jungerman shot, claiming they broke into his warehouse. >> ...

We come into this world needi♪ others. then we are told it's braver to go it alone. ♪ but there is another way to live. ♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ next tonight, the lawyer gunned down in kansas city, missouri, and there is late word of a possible link to a recent case involving the lawyer. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, kansas city investigators hunting for the cold-blooded killer who gunned down attorney tom pickert. >> the caller's husband was shot in the front yard. >> reporter: his wife discovering his body after he return...

Trust. >> reporter: pickert was a successful personal injury attorney and had recently won a $5.75 million civil lawsuit against kansas city businessman david jungerman. jungerman had shot two men, but claimed they broke into his warehouse. he spoke to our station, kmbc, in january. >> they charged at me, put me in fear for my life. i had no choice but to shoot. >> reporter: police have recovered this white van, allegedly heard speeding away after pickert was shot. it is registered to jungerman. >> we know who the owner of the van is, and we talked to him. >> reporter: david, investigators say...