KANSAS CITY— A Kansas City-area man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man in Independence on Sunday, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Wednesday.
Jayvon D. Rabb, 23, Independence, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records filed today, Independence police were dispatched to the intersection of 14th Street and Scott in an Independence apartment complex on a reported fatal shooting. Officers found two deceased men at the scene. The defendant told police that he admitted to firing his weapon at the victim while the victim was on the ground.
Prosecutors requested a $300,000 cash-only bond.