For Immediate Release
June 21, 2024
A Jackson County jury on Thursday convicted a Raytown, MO, man of multiple felonies in connection with the fatal shooting April 20, 2023, of Nehemiah Newton outside a Raytown residence, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today..
The jury convicted Jay'shaun D Jones, of Murder 2nd Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and two counts of Armed Criminal Action. The jury recommended up to 36 years in prison for those convictions. A Jackson County judge will sentence Jones at a 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2, 2024, hearing.
According to court records, on April 20, 2023, Raytown police were dispatched to a Raytown, MO, address on a reported shots fired call. Officers found the victim, Nehemiah Newton, in the driveway. He was deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. Witnesses in the area told police they heard people arguing, then rapid gunfire before the victim fell to the ground. Witnesses also saw the defendant struggling with the victim and another man. They struggled over a gun, and the victim gained control of it and began to move away. Then the defendant shot him in the back and side multiple times.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Brian Morris and Erin Schleipman prosecuted the case on behalf of the state of the Missouri.
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.jacksoncountyprosecutor.com
mmansur@jacksongov.org