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Man convicted in deadly shooting outside Johnson County library in 2020

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County jury convicted a man for shooting and killing another man outside a Johnson County library in 2020.

On April 8, 2020, Overland Park police responded around 9 p.m. to reports of a shooting outside the main branch of the library.

When they arrived, officers located Micah Babick, who was 30 when he was killed.

Less than a week later, Dvonte Jamal Brown was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Babick.

On Wednesday, Brown was found guilty of Babick's death. Brown will be sentenced March 29.