For Immediate Release
July 25, 2020
A 44-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in the fatal shooting in March 2020 of Frederick Outley outside a Kansas City convenience store near 9th and Prospect Avenue, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Joel A. Roseberry, dob: 4/25/1976, faces Murder 2nd Degree, Armed Criminal Action and Tampering with Physical Evidence charges.*
According to court records, on March 1, 2020, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to the area of 9th and Prospect Avenue on a reported shooting. They found the victim lying in the parking lot of Xpress Mart convenience store. The victim died later at Truman Medical Center of his gunshot wounds. A video from the store showed the Victim arrive at the store and become involved in an altercation. Later, the video showed the man later identified as the defendant produce a handgun and shoot the victim multiple times as the Victim ran away. The defendant walked toward the victim and fired more shots. At no time did the Victim possess a firearm or any other weapon.
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
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.