KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City-area man faces felony charges for the fatal Christmas Day shooting of his father inside a residence in Grain Valley, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Franklin Ray Eason, 23, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records, Grain Valley police officers were dispatched on Christmas night to SW Woodland Circle regarding a shooting. Officers found a victim inside a residence. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Witnesses told police detectives that the victim came into the room with a handgun but put the firearm down on a table. Eason picked it up and shot the victim, a witness told police.
Police reported the shooting involved a father and son.
The Missouri Highway Patrol processed the crime scene. Eason is in custody on a $100,000 bond.