For Immediate Release
Aug. 8, 2018
A Grandview man has been charged in the fatal shooting on Monday in Grandview of Dennis Gordon, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Gregory E. Smith, dib: 10/6/1993, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action.*
According to court records filed today, police responded to the area of White Avenue and High Grove Road in Grandview in the early afternoon Monday. They found a man shot and another man holding him. The victim, Dennis Gordon, was pronounced dead at the scene and the Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office said that gunshots caused the death. A witness told police that Gordon was shot by a man had been in an argument with days earlier at a convenience store. Video of that incident showed the defendant present. A search of the defendant's residence uncovered a weapon.
Prosecutors have requested a bond of $500,000 cash.
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.