KANSAS CITY—A Kansas City man faces charges in connection with a homicide that occurred earlier this month.
Dante Williams, 21, is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.
On March 15, according to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched to an intersection and located a female victim suffering gunshot wounds to the head. She was pronounced deceased at a nearby hospital a few days later.
Detectives reviewed surveillance videos and observed the victim exiting a truck and walking to an alleyway. She reappeared and walked toward a gas station.
A man wearing a cowboy hat, sweatshirt, and cowboy boots walked into the gas station and then exited. The man interacted with the victim and they both start walking down the street. Detectives used a still image captured from the video to identify the man as Williams.
After the shooting, Williams was caught on camera walking back to the gas station from the crime scene, throwing gloves away and appearing to wipe something off his hands.
When Williams was arrested, he was wearing the same cowboy hat, sweatshirt, and boots as he was on the day of the homicide. Detectives also retrieved a firearm from the defendant during his arrest that matched the same firearm the victim was shot with.