Oct 30, 2022

Kansas City man found guilty in the murder of 3 family members

Posted Oct 30, 2022 1:00 AM
Fisher-photo Jackson County
Fisher-photo Jackson County

KANSAS CITY—A jury Oct. 26, convicted 39-year-old Issac Fisher of multiple felonies, including two Murder 1st Degree charges, for a violent rampage in 2018 that killed three and injured a 4-year-old, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.

The jury convicted Fisher of two Murder 1st Degree charges, and Murder 2nd Degree, and these charges: six Armed Criminal Actions,  three Burglary 1st Degrees. three Unlawful Use of a Weapons and two Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

The defendant will be sentenced on Dec. 19, although the Murder 1st Degree convictions require life without parole sentences.

According to court records, police were first called just before 9:30a.m. to the 9000 block of Kentucky Avenue in Kansas City on a reported shooting.

A woman reported her daughter-in-law had been shot by her son, identified as Fisher. Witnesses at the residence told police that the defendant had arrived there and had argued with the first victim.

Then the witness stated she heard four to five gunshots and found the victim on the bathroom floor suffering from gunshot wounds. Fisher was seen leaving the room holding a handgun. A short time later, police in Raytown located a vehicle reportedly taken from the first crime scene on Kentucky Avenue.

A witness on Laurel Avenue in Raytown told police that her finance's brother was the defendant.

He had come to the residence and kicked in the door before taking a second vehicle, a white Chevrolet Traverse. About 9:37 a.m. Sunday, police in Raytown responded to the 5700 block of Elm, where they found another victim suffering from gunshot wounds.

That victim was reported to be the step-brother of the defendant. A 4-year-old girl also had been shot, while a 1-year-old was present but did not sustain injuries.

A witness stated the suspect in the shooting was seen leaving the residence carrying a rifle over his shoulder. He fled in a white Traverse.

At 10:28 a.m., Kansas City police responded to a shooting near 112th and Eastern. The victim found there by police was reportedly a cousin of the defendant. While still alive, the victim told a witness that a man named "Big" had shot him. The defendant goes by the nickname "Big."  Police located the white Traverse behind a nearby residence. Ballistics of shell casings at three homicide scenes matched.