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Posted on: December 28, 2017

KC man charged in Dec. 16 homicide in south Kansas City

For Immediate Release

Dec. 28, 2017

A Kansas City man, 35, has been charged in the Dec. 16,  2017, fatal shooting of his wife Joegina L. Davis in south Kansas City, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.

Howard Tyrone Neely, dob: 6/5/1982, faces Murder 2nd Degree and  Armed Criminal Action charges.* 

According to court documents filed today, Kansas City police found the victim in the street, suffering from gunshot wounds. A witness told police that he was driving northbound on Cable Road and observed the victim in the street. He stopped and walked to her. He asked who did this to you. She told him, "Tyrone." And she added: "I got out of the car, he shot me and ran me over." The victim's family stated that her husband goes by his middle name, Tyrone. On Dec. 17, 2017 a National Integrate Ballistic Information Network "hit" was received from a shell casing recovered from a Sept. 8, 2017, crime scene in Kansas City, Kan. that reportedly involved Neely. Witnesses of the Kansas City, Kan., shooting told police that Neely was the person who shot at them.. Phone records revealed that Neely called the victim's phone 1,073 times between Nov. 17 and Dec. 8, 2017. 

Prosecutors requested a bond of $500,000 cash.

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

mmansur@jacksongov.org

http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com

*Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded.




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