For Immediate Release
June 22, 2020
A Columbia, MO, man, 41, has been charged in the fatal shooting in Kansas City of Derrick Wallace in late January or early February 2020, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Mark S. Salisbury, dob: 4/25/1979, faces Murder 2nd Degree, Armed Criminal Action and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.*
According to court records filed today, the defendant confessed to a witness that he shot and killed the victim and part of that statement was captured on social media. The defendant also bragged to another witness about his involvement in the murder.
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 guilty.