Leavenworth man charged in May 4 homicide
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A Leavenworth man has been charged in the May 4 murder of Floyd Ross Jr.
Cordell Marqueise Stewart faces a first-degree murder charge for the shooting death.
It was announced Saturday that the Leavenworth Police Department made an arrest in the murder.
They had identified a suspect and searched for him through the week until he surrendered at 3 p.m. on Friday.
Ross was shot near North 4th Street and Kiowa Street in Leavenworth around 10:30 p.m. on May 4.
He died after being taken to the hospital.
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - Leavenworth police are investigating the shooting death of a 31-year-old man.
Police Chief Pat Kitchens said officers responded to reports of shots fired at a city intersection on Tuesday night.
They found Floyd Ross Jr. in the street suffering from several gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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