Woman planned to get protection order, was killed in Raytown triple shooting: charges
A Lee’s Summit man has been charged with shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend at their Raytown apartment early Tuesday morning, according to Jackson County prosecutors
Clifton L. Jack, 45, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Police were called about 6 a.m. and found Rita F. Moore, 44, and Rodney W. Brundige, 49, dead inside the home in an apartment complex in the 11700 block of East 83rd Street.
According to court documents, Raytown police officers had been called earlier, on Monday night when Moore complained that Jack was there causing a disturbance.
Jack left by the time officers arrived, but police called him, according to court records. Jack allegedly told police he was seeking money he said Moore owed him.
Police noted Jack also said, “I’m not afraid of going to jail.”
Moore told police Jack had been harassing her since they split up last September.
Two officers explained to Moore how to go to court to obtain a protection order .
Moore told the officers she would get one after work on Tuesday.
The next morning, she was killed.
The final call to police came when an 18-year-old called 911 and said his stepfather Jack shot his mother and his mother’s boyfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Moore and Brundige were found lying on the bedroom floor with gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Jack, with a gunshot wound to the chest, was also on the floor. He was talking when officers reached him, and told police he had shot himself, according to court records.
Jack was taken to a hospital and is in police custody while receiving medical treatment, Raytown police said Tuesday evening.
Police found a rifle in the home and some spent shell casings.
The teenager who called 911 told police later in an interview he was sleeping when he heard a noise that sounded like glass breaking. He then heard a gunshot.
The teen opened his bedroom door and saw Jack standing in the hallway with the rifle, court records said. He said he could see Brundige lying on the bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
He said he saw Jack shoot Brundige, leaving a wound in his back.
The teen described grabbing Jack by the front of his shirt, demanding to know what Jack was doing.
The teen recalled Jack telling him, “I now have to shoot myself.”
As Jack pointed the barrel end of the rifle toward his chest, the teen back up toward the kitchen.
Jack pulled the trigger, the teen said, and fell to the floor.
The teen told police Jack had threatened Moore in the past, at one point putting a gun to her head.
Moore’s daughter reported that Moore had recently gotten a new phone with a new phone number that Jack didn’t have. Her old phone contained threatening messages, she said.
Jack’s bond was set at $300,000 after murder charges were filed Tuesday. A court date has not been set.
The Raytown Police Department’s Investigations Bureau and the Missouri Highway Patrol are investigating. The Police Department said its investigations bureau will handle the case.
This story was originally published March 12, 2019 at 8:47 AM.
