KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man is charged in the fatal shooting in January 2022 of Desmond Matthews at city BP station, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Shyrone H. Daniels, 18, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched to the 3000 block of Van Brunt in Kansas City. Officers found the victim 19-year-old Desmond Matthews partially inside a vehicle in the BP gas station lot.
Video surveillance showed a suspect confront the victim as they came face to face at the station. The suspect showed a handgun and pointed it at the victim and shot, striking him in the neck and upper back. A witness identified the shooter as Daniels. He was certified recently to stand trial as an adult.