For Immediate Release
Nov. 18, 2022
A Kansas City man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Nicolett Marshall in an Independence, MO, apartment, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Bobby G. Peoples III, dob:10/29/1993, faces charges of Murder 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and two counts of Armed Criminal Action.*
According to court records, Independence Police Department officers responded to a shooting call on Thursday evening, Nov. 16, 2022, to an apartment on Larkspur Lane. Officers found the victim, Nicolett Marshall, in the kitchen. She had been fatally wounded. The Medical Examiner confirmed she died as a result of the gunshot. A witness at the scene identified the shooter. A vehicle at the scene of the homicide was connected to a woman with the defendant on Wednesday. She was driving the vehicle during another incident that Independence police responded to.
Prosecutors requested a $150,000 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
www.jacksoncountyprosecutor.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 guilty.