Disputa por leña derivó en enfrentamiento y disparos
A El gran jurado del condado de Platte se negó a acusar a un hombre en un tiroteo en febrero que dejó dos muertos en Parkville. Kalob Lawson, de 34 años, de Kimberling City, y Jonathan Lutz, de 44, de Kansas City, recibieron disparos después de entregar una cantidad cuestionada de leña a una casa de Parkville.
Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd said, “This is a tragic case in which two people died in a dispute over a mere $200 of firewood, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families. Ultimately, however, after carefully considering the facts and hearing from multiple witnesses, the grand jury found no crime had been committed in the shooting.”
Según Zahnd, el 10 de febrero, a Lawson y Lutz se les pagó $200 para entregar un cordón de leña a una casa en el condado de Platte.
Después de pagar la leña, y mientras Lawson, Lutz y otra persona descargaban la leña, el dueño de la casa se fue. Los hombres dejaron de descargar la leña y abandonaron la casa poco después que el dueño, entregando mucho menos que una cuerda de leña.
The owner’s 22-year-old son saw what happened and called his father, who promptly dialed 911. As the father was calling 911, the son chased after Lawson and Lutz in his own vehicle.
The son caught up to Lawson and Lutz’s vehicle, and both vehicles stopped on the shoulder of eastbound Highway 9, just west of the Please Stop convenience store.
According to witnesses, the son stepped out of his vehicle and said something like, “Are you just going to rob my dad?”
Lawson and Lutz got out of the vehicle, and Lawson was armed with a 9mm handgun. The son told investigators that Lawson said something to the effect of, “You better get back in your car and go back to daddy or we are going to [expletive] you up.” The son said Lawson and Lutz were walking toward him, and Lawson raised his gun and pointed it at the son.
Luego, el hijo metió la mano en la puerta abierta de su automóvil, sacó un arma que estaba en una funda magnética cerca de su volante y disparó varias veces.
Lawson recibió balas en el pecho y la cara, y Lutz en el abdomen y el hombro. Lawson murió en el lugar y Lutz fue transportado a un hospital, donde murió más tarde.
The son left the scene, returned home, and called 911 to tell police that he had shot two people. He then voluntarily surrendered to sheriff’s deputies.
Zahnd said, “Missouri’s ‘stand your ground’ law means people do not have to retreat before using force to defend themselves if they are in a place they have a right to be. And while people can never use deadly force merely to protect property, they can use deadly force if they reasonably believe deadly force is necessary to protect themselves against death or serious physical injury.”
The case was investigated by the Parkville Police Department with the assistance of the Platte County Sheriff’s Department and the Kansas City Police Department Crime Scene Unit. It was prosecuted by Zahnd and assistant prosecuting attorneys Myles Perry and Collin VanOstran.
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