Crime

Police arrest man wanted in shootings in KC and Independence

Jerome T. Roberson
Jerome T. Roberson

Police have arrested a 31-year-old man who is a suspect in homicides in Kansas City and Independence.

Jerome T. Roberson was arrested Saturday night and was in the Jackson County jail Sunday.

Roberson was being sought in the killing of Brandan Ray Brown, 29, who was killed in a trailer park Oct. 28 in the 12800 block of East 47th Street in Independence. Kansas City police had also asked the public for assistance locating Roberson because he is a suspect in a homicide in the 2500 block of Quincy Avenue in Kansas City Nov. 2.

This story was originally published November 12, 2017 at 5:23 PM with the headline "Police arrest man wanted in shootings in KC and Independence."

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