Two men charged after shooting into downtown Kansas City apartment complex
Sincere D. Miller and Kimoni Williams each face one count of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of armed criminal action.
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According to police, around 11:30 p.m. Friday, police were called to the apartments at 13th Street and Grand Boulevard and found two men holding firearms, identified as an AK-47 pistol and a 9mm handgun.
According to the prosecutors' office, multiple witnesses heard sounds of shots and observed the men shooting their firearms toward a nearby apartment building while standing outside a vehicle.
City camera footage showed them entering their vehicle and a green laser beam pointed at them prior to the shooting.
Both suspects told police they heard gunshots from nearby blocks and observed the green laser beam on themselves and on one defendant's daughter, who was in the backseat.
Feeling threatened, they began firing into the building, striking multiple occupied apartments.
KCPD said no one inside was injured, but someone outside the building suffered non-life-threatening injuries, although the prosecutor's office said there were no injuries.
'I understand the defendants may have felt threatened, especially seeing their child targeted by a laser,' said Prosecutor Johnson.
'However, their response of allegedly firing blindly into an occupied apartment building endangered countless innocent lives. The defendants had clear alternatives: drive to safety, take cover, call police. Instead, they chose to discharge deadly weapons in a reckless manner that could have resulted in tragedy. While I have empathy for their fear in that moment, we will not tolerate this kind of dangerous decision-making with firearms.'
Both suspects were seen in court on Monday at 1 p.m. They are being held on a cash-only $25,000 bond.
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