Brandon Howell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 34-year-old man accused of killing three people and critically injuring two others in a quiet south Kansas City neighborhood appears in court to hear a judge read the dozen felony counts against him.
Brandon Howell stood before Associate Judge Mary Weir on Thursday wearing a blue jail outfit and handcuffed to another inmate as she read the three first-degree murder charges and several other counts related to the shootings.
Prosecutors say Howell used a shotgun to kill 88-year-old Alice Hurst, her son, 63-year-old Darrel Hurst, and 69-year-old Susan Choucroun shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday in a middle-class cul-de-sac occupied primarily by older residents.
Howell was captured later that night as he walked along Interstate 29 on the city’s north side after someone called police to report a suspicious person.
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KANSAS CITY Mo. (Ap) — A 34-year-old Hutchinson man is charged in Jackson County Missouri with three counts of
first degree murder in the shooting of three people on Tuesday.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charges Wednesday against Brandon Howell. He also faces charges of first-degree assault, burglary, car theft and felon in possession of a firearm for critically injuring two others. Police also said Howell assaulted three people at a north-side motel.
Howell is being held in the Jackson County jail. Kansas court records show he was paroled in 2011 after a conviction for a home invasion in Johnson County, Kansas. Baker said 88-year-old Alice Hurst, 63-year-old son Darrel Hurst and 69-year-old Susan Choucroun were killed during an attempted car theft.
An SUV that went missing from the scene of the shootings was found near the motel.