Man Charged in Funeral Shooting

0:00It's April 15. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Kansas News today, your AI-powered local news. A 39-year-old Kansas City man named Anthony Medley now faces heavy charges after a shooting outside of funeral back on February 27th. He's hit with unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action, offenses that could land him up to 15 years each behind bars. The funeral was for Gerald Westmoreland, a 29-year-old gunned down inside a car just two weeks before. Off-duty police in full uniform were providing security at a church near Indiana and Bales avenues when the shots broke out. Bullets tore into two people, four vehicles, and even the front of the church. One officer caught glass-strap no from a nearby window, but luckily everyone hurt is expected to pull through. Surveillance caught a yellow Dodge charger cruising the block before unleashing gunfire and peeling out fast. Witnesses saw a flea while firing more rounds, and someone in another car shy back at it.

1:01Investigators pieced it together with witness tips, license plate readers, cell phone records, and video to pinpoint Medley. He's sitting in Jackson County detention center without bond as the case moves forward.