Patient shoots, kills visitor at Independence hospital

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) – A visit turned deadly when police say a patient shot his visitor inside an Independence hospital.

James F. Lawson is charged with second-degree murder after shooting his girlfriend, who was visiting him at Centerpoint Medical Center on Oct. 22.

Centerpoint sits near I-70 and Little Blue Parkway, just east of Independence Center…

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