Kansas City man charged with murdering ex-girlfriend on her 21st birthday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man has been charged in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead in Kansas City earlier this month.
According to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson, is facing one count of second-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action.
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that on the night of Tuesday, May 13, officers with the Kansas City Police Department were called to a reported shooting near West 37th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
When officers arrived on the scene, police said they found a woman who had been shot multiple times near a parked Chevrolet Malibu. She was later identified as Layla A. Freeman, who had just turned 21 that same day.
According to the KCPD, witnesses told police they heard gunshots and a woman screaming – and saw a man exit the Malibu before running to the driver's side of a Ford Mustang.
Court records say detectives were able to identify Turner through city surveillance cameras that showed the Mustang near the scene, as well as text messages and social media exchanges between Turner and Freeman.
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Additionally, previous court records revealed that the victim had filed a temporary order of protection against Turner at the time of the shooting.
A judge can issue a temporary order of protection if someone is believed to be in immediate danger. Unlike a restraining order, an order of protection carries criminal penalties for violation.
The probable cause statement says Freeman's cousin told investigators that she was on a FaceTime call with Freeman, who said she was planning to meet up with her ex-boyfriend, Turner, on Tuesday, May 13.
Freeman allegedly told her cousin that Turner had convinced her to meet with him because he had a birthday present for her. About an hour and a half after the first FaceTime call, the cousin said she called Freeman again.
According to the probable cause statement, the cousin told investigators that Freeman appeared to be crying on the second FaceTime call. Freeman told her cousin that she was still with Turner and that she would have to call her back.
But she never did.
Turner is currently being held without bond in the Jackson County Detention Center.
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