First-degree murder charge in fatal Independence shooting
December 25, 2019
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — A teenager is now charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of a woman in southeastern Kansas.
The Kansas City Star reported Monday that 18-year-Benjamin Mason of Coffeyville, Kansas, was charged with first-degree murder.
The shooting happened earlier this month. Authorities said that 19-year-old Kimberly Meeks was shot to death as she walked with a man in Independence, Kansas, on Dec. 14. Witnesses said someone fired shots from a passing car.
Mason was arrested a day after the shooting at his home in Coffeyville, about 20 miles ((32.2 kilometers) south of the shoot...
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