KANSAS CITY —A judge Friday sentenced a Kanas City-area man to 30 years in prison for the fatal shooting on Dec. 16, 2020, of his girlfriend Oriana Starr inside a residence, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
The judge sentenced 28-year-old Brandon A. McDaniel to 27 years on the Murder 2nd Degree and three years on Armed Criminal Action charge. A Jackson County jury in August convicted McDaniel of those two felony charges.
According to court records, police responded to the 9900 block of E. 63rd Street in Independence on a reported shooting. The mother of the defendant had called police and reported he had killed his girlfriend, Oriana Starr.
They had been arguing and he shot her. Police found the victim on the floor of the apartment. A second witness told police that the defendant told him of the fatal shooting and showed him the firearm he used. McDaniel later sold the firearm.