Charges filed in man s death at suburban Kansas City hotel
March 9, 2021
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) A 26-year-old Independence man was Tuesday with second-degree murder in a shooting death of at a motel.
Steven T. Decker was also charged with two counts of armed criminal action and two counts of robbery after the shooting early Monday at the Executive Inn and Suites.
Officers who responded to the motel found Thomas Galvan suffering from a gunshot wound in the head. He died at a hospital.
A woman told police Galvan came to her motel room Sunday night to celebrate her birthday. Court documents say Galvan later called to men for a ride home. He was shot when he got into an argument with Decker and another man, investigators said, KSHB-TV reported.