2 days ago
Fender bender preceded double homicide, KC police say
Deon Johnson, 36, and Willard A. Brown, 47, were killed Saturday night at a large outdoor party near 58th Terrace and College Avenue.
'); } -->
A man who was killed in a double shooting outside a Kansas City convenience store was identified Tuesday as Miguel Mitchell, 30.
Deon Johnson, 36, and Willard A. Brown, 47, were killed Saturday night at a large outdoor party near 58th Terrace and College Avenue.
Officers pulled their patrol car up next to Tyler W. Wilkins, 16, of Kansas City, and began talking to him as he walked. According to a police report, when the officers parked their car, Wilkins took off running. As he ran, the officers saw him throw a bag on the ground. Wilkins then pulled a gun from his front waistband and had it in his right hand, according to the police report. When he turned toward the officers, one of them fired, according to the report.
Police received a call about a disturbance in the 3900 block of Warwick Boulevard, which is just north of the Kansas City Art Institute. Police found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.

Not until new leads surfaced in recent months were prosecutors able to charge Larry Marshall Jr. and Bruce Julius Ashley Jr. with first-degree murder in the death of Gerry Grovenburg, who was considering retirement when slain at his liquor store in 2010.
Police are investigating the city’s latest homicide, which occurred early Tuesday in the 1600 block of Oakley Avenue.
The shooting occurred Sunday in the 8300 block of Prospect Avenue.
A suspect in the May 12, 2010, killing of Shawnee liquor store owner Gerry Grovenburg was arrested May 17 in Arkansas. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.
A shooting victim found lying in the street in the 8300 block of Prospect Avenue Sunday night was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.S
The 10-week-old baby died in a Kansas City hospital after suffering broken bones, a fractured skull and brain damage.

Prosecutors also charged Michael A. Mosley, 23, of Kansas City, with shooting a firearm from a vehicle and two counts of armed criminal action in connection with the May 16 death of his friend, William L. Crawford, 24.