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Man pleads guilty to shooting, killing 6-year-old boy in Kansas City, Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man who investigators say fired shots from a car that killed a , more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to three charges, including second-degree murder.
Lakevis Sloan, 22, pleaded guilty to murder, aggravated assault and aggravated endangering a child in a near N. 31st Street and Greeley Avenue on May 3, 2023.
Family said three people in masks were in the car and fired nearly three-dozen bullets.
Sloan was on the run for more than two weeks after the shooting and was who was 17 years old at the time of the shooting when they got off a bus in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Family told FOX4 during the initial investigation they believed Sloan was likely targeting a family member. The search for Sloan prompted , and led to memorials and vigils for Brown where the boy was mourned as many tried to make sense of what happened.
'He loved karate. He loved motorcycles. He loved making sure that his family was OK,' Shawna Davis-Scott, Sir's great aunt, .
KCKPD detectives watched surveillance video of the shooting captured by a nearby homeowner's camera. Court documents say video showed one of the suspects limping away from the scene. Detectives also saw one of the suspects wore unique black-and-white Jordan 12s.
Armed with that evidence, Kansas City, Missouri, gang detectives identified the suspect with a limp as a known gang member who lost his leg when he accidentally shot himself, and had to wear a prosthetic limb. The suspect's social media profile had a picture of him wearing the same shoes.
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The investigation also led to an , who was 18 years old at the time, and was accused changing her story regarding the car used in the murder.
Detectives said she made a call to someone after her interview, and even though she tried speaking Pig Latin to disguise her message, investigators determined she told the person on the other end of the line: 'Yes, they know everything,' and 'It's on video and everything,' and 'They know y'all was there.'
A plea hearing for Sloan took place Friday morning in Wyandotte County District Court.
Sloan faces more than 56 years in prison as a result of his guilty pleas, but court documents say that he and his lawyer will argue for a sentence between 15 and 26 years. FOX4 has asked when Sloan's sentencing date is scheduled.
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