Jackson County Prosecutor: A 29-Year-Old KC Man Charged In March 14 Fatal Shooting At KC Gas Station

Kansas City MO

26 March, 2022

7:10 AM

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Press release from Jackson County Prosecutor: March 21, 2022 A 29-year-old Kansas City man has been charged in the fatal shooting on March 14, 2022, outside a gas station in the 8100 block of Bannister Road in Kansas City, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Camoi Hendricks, dob: 11/9/1992, faces charges of Murder 2nd Degree, and Armed Criminal Action. According to court records, Kansas City police were dispatched on March 14, 2022, to the 8100 block of Bannister Road on a reported shooting. Officers found a Lexus parked at the gas pump. What appeared to be a bullet hole was in the driver's side window. A man was slumped over in the driver's Seat. He was pronounced deceased later at the hospital. The victim was identified as Kirk Whittaker, dob: 1/8/1988. Surveillance video showed the suspect entering the store. It also showed him leaving the store and entering the victim's vehicle on the passenger side. The suspect remains in the vehicle for several minutes, then exits and walks over to his vehicle, walks back to the victim's vehicle and leans in the victim's vehicle. He is then seen leaving the station at a high rate of speed. The victim is found shortly later suffering from gunshot wounds.. A $500,000 10 percent bond has been set. Charges are only accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the defendant is either found guilty or has pleaded guilty. This press release was produced by Jackson County Prosecutor. The views expressed here are the author's own.