Police identify victims of deadly Kansas City, Kansas, shooting; suspect charged
The victims of a deadly shooting along Interstate 70 in Kansas City, Kansas, over the weekend were a man and woman from Overland Park, police said Monday.
Talisha Fay Johnson, 41 and Anthony Michael Johnson, 38, were found shot to death about 8:50 p.m. Saturday on the exit ramp from westbound I-70 to North 57th Street. Two children who were with them were unharmed.
Police said Isaiah Montez Taylor, 21, of Overland Park, was taken into custody and charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and aggravated endangerment of a child, as well as criminal discharge of a firearm.
The victims’ deaths are the city’s 18th and 19th homicides so far this year. That compares to nine homicides by this time last year in Kansas City, Kansas.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau is investigating the fatal shootings. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
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