KANSAS CITY —A man has been charged in connection with the shootings at the Independence Center that injured three persons, including one critically, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
MarkAnthony Greer, 21, Independence faces three counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and three counts of Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records, on Nov. 10, 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 a woman 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 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. The female victim 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.