KANSAS CITY —A jury last week convicted a Kansas City man in a double homicide from August 2020, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Cleon D. White, 36, was convicted of two counts of Murder in the 1st Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon and two counts of Armed Criminal Action.
According to court records, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to the area of the 2700 block of Guinotte Avenue in Kansas City on a reported shooting.
Police found two deceased men in a gold Honda. The victims were identified as 23-year-0ld Jahmiere Green and 27-year-old Brandon Rainey.
Video surveillance showed the victim's vehicle being followed by a white SUV on Guinottte Avenue. The SUV pulled up to the driver's side of the victims' vehicle, then the victims' vehicle rolls slowly to a stop.
No movement is obvious after the SUV leaves. The SUV does return but leaves again. Detectives also determined the SUV returned to a parking lot on East Third Street soon after the murder and the man who got out of the SUV matches the build and clothing of a man shown meeting with one of the victims shortly before the homicide.
After a search warrant was obtained, detectives determined a search of the defendant's phone showed a vehicle with wording on the windshield that can be seen in surveillance video of the vehicle on the day of the fatal shootings. Formal sentencing is set for March 14.