Kansas City Teen Charged with Murder

0:00It's May 2nd. This is Kansas News Today, your AI-powered local news. An 18-year-old Kansas City man named Juan Stiles Olden is now facing 2nd-degree murder charges for allegedly gunning down a 20-year-old. Outside of Philip 66 gas station in the town for Creek Area, it went down on April 24th just before 10am near East 55th Street and Prospect Avenue where cops found Tarbius Watkins dead. Inside his red Chevrolet Silverado, riddled with bullets. Surveillance caught Stiles, Olden buying a box of fruit loop cereal in the store, then stepping out and firing multiple shots into the driver's side. Of Watkins' truck before bolting from the scene, he ditched his red Pontiac right there, which helped investigators track him down quick through the registration tied to someone close to him. Folks in the neighborhood are shaken up as these gas station spots often turn into hot spots for trouble in Kansas City. The clerk at the store picked Stiles Olden out of a photo lineup and word from his circle

1:00was he got into a beef and had to reload his weapon. And his interview with detectives, Stiles Olden owned up to the shooting, claiming self-defense from past run-ins with Watkins. He said as he left the store, he heard what sounded like a gun being chambered, locked eyes with Watkins who had a big piece and felt his life was in. Danger after Watkins fired first. He's locked up in Jackson County detention center with no court date set yet, but this case highlights how fast things escalate on these streets. Stay. Vigilin out there.