KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man has been charged in the fatal shooting of Shayla Curts, 22, on Tuesday inside a Kansas City residence, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Emmett C. Williams, 33, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records, on Dec. 6, KC police officers were dispatched to the 4900 block of Bellefontaine Avenue on a reported shooting.
Officers found the victim, 22-year-old Shayla Curts deceased at the scene from a gunshot wound. Witnesses placed the defendant at the scene at the time of the shooting. One reported hearing a gunshot when the victim and "EW" were in residence.
A shell casing was located in the residence. The defendant told police the victim often antagonized him with her words and normally he ignored them. This time, she was on the living room couch as he was walking past her when he made the decision to pull a 9mm handgun and shoot her in the head. Police located the weapon later in a wooded area.