KANSAS CITY —A 26-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in connection with the early Sunday shooting at 57th and Prospect that left three dead and wounded six others, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Keivon M. Greene, 27, Kansas City, faces charges of Assault 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action. Further charges are expected this week as the investigation of the shooting continues, according t Jean Peters Baker.
According to court documents filed Monday, Greene was at the shooting crime scene in the area of 57th and Prospect Avenue early Sunday.
This case remains under investigation and other charges are anticipated this week. The defendant identified today remains in a Kansas City hospital and in custody.
Responding officers found two men and a woman dead from gunshot wounds at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in a parking lot where a crowd had gathered, near an auto shop known to host informal after-hours get-togethers, police said.
Police initially said at least five others where shot and taken to hospitals by private vehicles and ambulances. On Monday, police said they had identified a sixth person who was wounded and taken to a hospital.
The fatalities were identified Monday as Nikko Manning, 22; Jasity Strong, 28; and Camden Brown, 29.
Police said Sunday that another person was wounded in a separate shooting blocks away about 3 a.m. No additional information in that shooting has been released.
Homicide detectives identified Greene in the shooting near the auto shop and took a man into custody in Grandview, Missouri, just after 5 p.m. Sunday.
Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves joined people at the scene in a prayer circle as officers collected evidence.