For Immediate Release
Oct. 20, 2020
An 28-year-old Independence man has been charged in the fatal shooting Monday in the parking lot of a south Kansas City McDonald's, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Kenny T. Moore, dob: 10/11/1992, faces Murder 2nd Degree, two counts of Armed Criminal Action and Unlawful Use of a Weapon.*
According to court records filed today, police were dispatched to 110th and Hickman Mills Drive on a reported shooting. The victim was located and transported to an area hospital, where he later died of his gunshot wounds. A video of the parking lot showed the defendant approaching the victim's driver's window. A gun can be seen in his hand. The victim's vehicle reverses and the defendant shoots. Then the defendant leaves the scene, running to the south. Police units were patrolling in the area of 85th and Prospect Avenue when they saw the suspect's vehicle. Witnesses saw two males run from the vehicle, after a collision. Police arrested the defendant near the 3200 block of East 85th. Detectives recovered firearms from the vehicle.
Prosecutors requested a $250,000 cash bond.
For more information, contact:
Michael Mansur
Director of Communication
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor
Work : (816) 881-3812
Mobile: (816) 674-3954
mmansur@jacksongov.org
http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com
*Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded.