The killing of the Kansas City toddler sparked outrage across the metro. On Friday, the boy’s mother thanked the judge for letting the family move forward.
| Credit: Jackson County Prosecutor This little guy paid a really big price with his life, for something that there s no good explanation for, why Marcus is not with us today, Baker said in a virtual news conference.
She shared a statement from the boy s mother that read: Marcus was my third child, such a sweetheart. He loved his family. He loved music. His older brother and sister missed him every day and my grandmother took it very hard. She brings him up daily.
The boy s father, Marcus Haislip Jr., is facing charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm after authorities say he allegedly fired in 2019 at the suspect in his son s murder in an act of retaliation, Fox4KC reported previously. He remains in the Jackson County Detention Center, according to online jail records, which do not indicate whether he s entered a plea or
Man charged with murder in 3-year-old Marcus Haislipâs 2017 killing
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A 28-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man faces a range of felony charges, including murder, in connection to
Marcus Haislip III, 3, was sitting in a car seat on May 12, 2017, near East 54th Street and Park Avenue when a man allegedly opened fire on the vehicle with a long gun from the porch of a house in the area.
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