KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 18-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting that took place on May 3 near 80th Street and Michigan Avenue.
Mauricia Strother, 18, was shot and killed around 5 a.m. that day.
Wesley Palton has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and second-degree murder related to her death.
According to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office, police arrived at the shooting scene and found Strother sitting in a vehicle with another woman and shell casings in the street.
Police said the victim's grandmother's house was also shot into several times that morning.
Shell casings from a Kansas City, Kansas, home also matched the ones found at the scene.
Video surveillance caught a vehicle associated with Palton at the scene and a witness told police she thought he had something to do with the shooting.
A $200,000 bond has been requested for Palton.
