JOHNSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect in connection with a weekend murder near a fast-food restaurant in Kansas.
Just before 7p.m. Saturday, police responded to the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the 13330 W. 87th Street Parkway in Lenexa on the report of an armed disturbance.
According to a 911 caller, one person was shot at the location. When officers arrived, they located a man later identified as 21-year-old Markese D. Gleghorn of Lenexa inside a vehicle who had been shot. Officers attempted life-saving measures however Geighorn was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A few minutes after this initial call, police received another call from an individual later identified as 24-year-old Dmariea Valentino Avance who said he was involved in the disturbance. Officers responded to an apartment in the 12700 block of W. 88th Circle where they took Avane into custody without incident.
Avance is being held in Johnson County on $500,000 bond on a requested charges of first-degree murder, according to online jail records. He was scheduled to make his first court appearance on the charge Tuesday afternoon.