KANSAS CITY—A suspect faces charges in connection with a shooting in a Kansas City suburg.
According to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson, 19-year-old De’Shawn Hunley faces one count of 1st Degree Assault and one count of Armed Criminal Action.
According to court records, Grain Valley police were dispatched to the 1700 block of Buckner Tarsney Road on April 14 regarding a shooting. Officers located the victim standing near his vehicle with severe trauma from a gunshot wound to his face. He was transported to an area trauma center and was in stable condition.
Based on witness reports and surveillance footage, Hunley shot at the victim who was in his vehicle fleeing after an argument about a potential marijuana sale. Hunley fled from the scene on foot to his residence and hid the gun and his clothes.
Detectives obtained a search warrant for his residence and with the help of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents and an ATF K9, they found the handgun used in the shooting and the clothes the defendant was wearing at the time of the shooting.
Hunley is in custody on a $100,000 cash only bond.