For Immediate Release
June 14, 2021
A 33-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in the fatal shooting Sunday of Andrea Dean inside a Kansas City residence, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Christopher L. Spears, dob: 1/1/1988, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action Charges.*
According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched the 4300 block of E. Linwood Blvd on a reported shooting. They found three juveniles in the residence who stated their mom and dad had been arguing when their dad, later identified as the defendant, shot their mom. Police found the victim deceased at the scene. The defendant went to a Kansas City fire station and told them he had killed the mother of his children and he turned over a weapon. He stated to police that he and the victim had argued and tussled over a gun, when the gun went off. Then he stated he shot her in the head.
Prosecutors requested a bond of $250,000.
For more information, contact:
Michael Mansur
Director of Communication
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor
Work : (816) 881-3812
Mobile : (816) 674-3954
www.jacksoncounyprosecutor.com
mmansur@jacksongov.org
*Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded.