KANSAS CITY (AP) — A woman has been charged with fatally shooting a man who was then left at a fire station, Jackson County prosecutors said Monday.
Sarah Devera, 27, of Blue Summit, an unincorporated area near Kansas City, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 31-year-old Zachary Jewell.
Prosecutors said Jackson County Sheriff's deputy went to the Inter City Fire Protection District Friday in response to a shooting. He found firefighters trying to resuscitate Jewell, who died later at a hospital.
Witnesses said they had heard Devers banging on the station's door and screaming “I shot him!” before she left, according to court documents.
Devera told investigators she shot Jewell because she believed he was going to shoot her, according to court documents.
However, investigators did not find a firearm on Jewell and her statements about what happened did not match surveillance video, detectives said. Prosecutors requested a $50,000 bond. Online court records do not name an attorney for Devera.