KANSAS CITY —A pregnant woman wounded in a Kansas City-area mall shooting November 10 has died.
According to an online fundraiser, 19-year-old Karla Brown died from her injuries in the shooting.
According to court records, officers responded to Independence Center Mall on a reported shooting. An officer on off-duty assignment at Dillards arrived on the shooting scene first. He found three injured victims. One of the three was Brown who was most critically injured and reportedly was pregnant.
Surveillance video showed a group that included the critically injured woman, encountered a second group in the mall that included a suspect identified as 21-year-old MarkAnthony Geer.
The two groups passed each other at the mall entrance. A verbal argument began. A victim uninvolved with either group was shot in the leg. The rest of the second group ran to the parking lot. Brown had not followed closely with her group when it encountered the other group. She appeared to be sitting down on a bench about 30 feet away. Witnesses identified the shooter as Geer or a man who matched his appearance.
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Greer is being held in Jackson County on requested charges that include three counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and three counts of Armed Criminal Action. Prosecutors are expected to file additional charges.