KANSAS CITY —After a jury convicted a Kansas City man in the 2017 fatal shooting of Tamara Randolf, a judge sentences 42-year-old John Frazier to Life Without Parole plus 20 years, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
In April, the jury convicted Frazier of Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action. The jury made its recommendation on sentence: Life Without Parole, the mandatory sentence for a Murder 1st Degree conviction, and 20 years in prison for the Armed Criminal Action conviction.
A Jackson County judge sentenced Frazier as the jury recommended. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
According to court records, police responded on Aug. 2, 2017, to a residence in the 3700 block of Woodland on a reported shooting. Frazier was the caller; he told police he shot the victim after she pulled a gun on him.
Witnesses told police that the victim was at the residence to retrieve her two children. Police found the victim on the ground. She was declared deceased on the scene.
Video surveillance showed the victim arriving and knocking at the door. Frazier arrived at the residence, gets out of his truck and appears to be holding a gun. A family member of the victim was on the phone with her and heard a struggle. A ShotSpotter nearby picked up the sounds of seven gun shots.