KANSAS CITY—A Kansas City man, who surrendered after a police standoff Monday night has been charged in the Jan. 14 fatal shooting on an Amtrak train while it was in Lee's Summit, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Marquise L. Webb, 21, faces charges of Murder 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Vehicle Hijacking and two counts of Armed Criminal Action.
According to court records, police were alerted on Jan. 14, 2022, of an armed carjacking behind Konrad's Kitchen, 302 SW Main Street in Lee's Summit.
About the same time, police also were alerted to a shooting on the Amtrak train and the suspect had exited the train in Lee's Summit.
The train continued onto Independence, where the victim identified as 30-year-old Richie T. Aaron Jr. of Independence, Missouri was pronounced deceased.
The victim in the carjacking told police a man opened his driver's door while parked. Amtrak officials could not account for the defendant's whereabouts but a check of his phone showed the phone moving directly toward Kansas City after the Lee's Summit stop, rather than traveling on to Independence.
On Monday night, police executed a search warrant at a Kansas City apartment in the 1600 block of Bushman Drive, after searching for addresses associated with the defendant's phone. During this activity, police saw Webb attempting to exit from the rear of the apartment. The defendant and police pointed guns. After more than four hours, the defendant surrendered without incident.
Webb is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.