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Posted on: August 9, 2021

KC man, 22, faces charges in connection with fatal shooting Sunday in south KC

For Immediate Release
Aug. 5, 2021

A 22-year-old Kansas City man faces multiple felony charges in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday of Fred D. Brewster Jr. in south Kansas City hotel, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.

Charles N. Greer-Johnson, dob: 8/27/1998, faces charges of Murder 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Armed Criminal Action, and two counts of Armed Criminal Acton.*

According to court records filed today, Kansas City police responded Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, to a hotel room in the 500 block of E. 105th Street, on a reported shooting. Police discovered the defendant inside the room with a deceased male victim. The defendant made a spontaneous utterance to officers that he shot the victim in self defense. He was taken into custody. Police found four spent shell casings in his pocket and found two firearms in the room.

Prosecutors requested a bond of $200,000.

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
www.jacksoncounyprosecutor.com
mmansur@jacksongov.org

*Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded.

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