Teen Charged in Kansas City Shooting

0:00In 18-year-old named Martin Daniel Lopez just got hit with a second-degree murder charge in Wyandotte County after a deadly shooting in Kansas. City, Kansas, it went down Saturday night in the Shawnee Heights neighborhood on the 600 block of Ridgeview Avenue around 11.45 pm. Police rolled up to find 35-year-old Assel Lenaris shot outside his own home. They rushed him to the hospital but he didn't make it. The district attorney's office dropped the charges on Tuesday according to a police spokesperson. This kind of violence shakes of tight-knit spots like Shawnee Heights leaving families on edge and questions hanging in the air. No word yet on what sparked the whole thing, which hits hard in the community already dealing with too many losses. Right now, Lopez is locked up in Wyandotte County jail on a $250,000 bond with no court date on the books. The major case units digging deep into it all. If you've got tips, hit up the anonymous crime stoppers line at 816-4748-477. Let's get some closure for. A sales loved ones.

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