30-04-2025
Man charged with murder after deadly shooting at liquor store near 9th, Prospect
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County prosecutors have charged a man in connection with a .
Jeremiah Williamson is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree attempted robbery and armed criminal action.
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According to court documents, Kansas City police officers responded just before 6 p.m. on Monday to a shooting at a liquor store in the area of East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue.
When officers arrived, they located a man in the parking lot who had been shot. He was taken to University Health Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A witness told detectives that he shot the man while defending himself then called 911.
The witness stated he was inside the store with his girlfriend and was talking to the cashier after making a purchase when he noticed two men standing in the line next to him. As the men walked past him, the witness said one of them tried to grab his firearm – a 9mm pistol that was in the witness' pants pocket.
The witness said he immediately tried to secure his gun as he began to physically struggle with the man. During the struggle, the witness said he and the man who grabbed his gun fell to the ground. That's when he said the second man pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at him (the witness) while he was on the ground fighting with the other man, court documents say.
According to court documents, the man who was on the ground fighting with the witness yelled at the second man to 'hurry up and shoot him.'
The witness said he was able to get ahold of his gun as they were all getting up from the ground, which is when he fired it at the man who first grabbed his gun, according to court documents.
The witness said the suspect fell to the ground outside the front door – and the other suspect, identified as Williamson, ran to the back of the store.
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After the shooting, the witness said he called 911 to report the incident.
Williamson is being held on a $100,000 cash bond, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office.
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