Man held in Aug. 1 shooting death of Kansas City man

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected in the shooting death of another man in Kansas City earlier this month.

Thorne McKendrick, 19, is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and a weapons count in the Aug. 1 shooting death of 33-year-old Michael Brown, the Kansas City Star reported.

Police found Brown in the street with a gunshot wound on the night of Aug. 1, investigators said. Brown was rushed to a hospital, where he died.

Detectives said in court records that security video shows McKendrick ride up to the area on a bicycle, and Brown coming out of his house. The video then shows Brown grab McKendrick from behind and the two men grappling outside a vehicle before the shooting, police said.

Witnesses, including Brown’s father, identified McKendrick to police from the security video, according to court documents. The father told police “he recognized McKendrick due to them being neighbors in the past and further advised that he tried to mentor McKendrick in the past as well,” according to the documents.

McKendrick is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 27.

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This story was first published on Aug. 21, 2020. It was updated on Aug. 22, 2020, to correct who had been neighbors with the suspect. The documents indicate the victim’s father, not the victim, and the suspect may have once been neighbors.