Posted May 18, 2021 04:17am
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old Leavenworth man has been charged with first-degree murder in a shooting death in Leavenworth earlier this month.
Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said Monday that Cordell Marqueise Stewart was charged in the death of 31-year-old Floyd Ross Jr.
Police responded to a report of shots fired in Leavenworth on May 4. They found Ross lying in the street suffering from gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.