A Kansas City, Missouri, teen is slated to make his first appearance before a judge Tuesday on charges of second-degree murder in July 2024.
Last week, Clay County prosecutors charged Marshawn Gardner with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and felony stealing in connection to a homicide on July 19, 2024.
Gardner, born in 2006, is being held in the Clay County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.
Court documents filed in support of the charges revealed Gardner could be connected to several other violent crimes throughout 2024, including a strong-armed street robbery and homicide on April 2 near E. 55th Street and Michigan Street.
Court documents also list Gardner as a suspect or person of interest in two armed street robberies at E. 43rd Street and S. Benton and 3401 Bellefontaine on April 15.
He is connected to another armed street robbery on E. 39th Street and Warwick Boulevard on May 29, 2024, and an armed street robbery on July 17 in the 11100 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard.