KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One man is charged with murder and another with drug crimes after two men were killed Saturday in Kansas City, Kansas, when they tried to rob a drug house after buying marijuana.
Kenneth Flowers, 18, of Kansas City, Kan., is charged in Wyandotte County Court with first-degree murder, aggravated battery, criminal discharge of a firearm, and criminal damage to property, according to a news release from the KCK Police Department.
Flowers is being held on a $200,000 bond in the Wyandotte County Jail.
David Stephens, 56, of Kansas City, Kan. is charged in Wyandotte County Court with felony distribution of marijuana and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.
Stephens also is in the Wyandotte County Jail. His bond was set at $75,000, according to the police department news release.
The deadly shootings happened about 9 p.m. in the 800 block of North 70th Terrace.
Javon Brown, 19, and Delorean Jackson,19, both of Kansas City, Kan., and a third man went to the residence to buy marijuana, according to Chief Karl Oakman at a news conference earlier this week.
Brown, Jackson, and another man tried to rob the seller after the deal and gunfire broke out.
Brown and Jackson were killed.
Chief Oakman said his department is cracking down on drug dealers and drug crimes.
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