Last Wednesday, a Missouri woman allegedly shot and killed a man who she believed killed her younger brother days earlier.
Tityana Coppage, 21, was charged with the second-degree murder of Kieth Lars, 36, in Kansas City. Coppage believed Lars was behind the January 10 slaying of her brother, Jayson Ugwuh, 16, who was also fatally shot in Kanas City, according to KCTV.
A motive in Jayson Ugwuh’s murder was not immediately made known. WDAF reported that he and two other teens were walking home from a BP gas station when the shooting occurred.
Days after her brother’s murder, Coppage allegedly shot Lars in a parking lot. Lars’ brother drove him a short distance away but Lars succumbed to his injuries before emergency crews arrived, the news outlet reported.
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) A Kansas City woman is charged with second-degree murder after police say she tracked down the man suspected of killing her teenage brother last week and took actions that resulted in his death.
Police said she sent a text to her dead brother afterward letting him know she had avenged him.
Tityana Coppage, 21, remains in the Jackson County jail on $200,000 bond.
Coppage’s brother, 16-year-old Jason Ugwuh, was shot and killed Jan. 10 near Paloma Avenue and Topping Avenue in Kansas City, MO. He was a junior at Hogan Preparatory Academy and a standout basketball player.
Coppage and Ugwuh were also struck by tragedy in 2016 when their younger brother and cousin Jayden Ugwuh and Montell Ross were shot and killed while sleeping in their home at 57th Street and College Avenue. Someone had shot into the house, killing the boys, who were 8 and 9 years old. That case remains unsolved.