KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 28-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man was convicted for the July 2022 deadly shooting of Marvin Yancey, a father of four .
A Jackson County jury on Friday found Charles F. Miller Jr. guilty of second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of armed criminal action.
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According to court documents, on July 16, 2022, just before 1 a.m., Kansas City police were called to 83rd and Blue Ridge Boulevard on reports of gunfire in the area. Their search turned up empty — until about 10 hours later when police were called to the same area, about a block away, for an injury crash.
Officers found Yancey slumped over, shot to death. His white Chevy Tahoe was smashed into a tree in a yard.
Traffic cameras showed Yancey’s Tahoe and a silver sedan at the same intersection just minutes before neighbors reported hearing gunfire, according to court documents.
Surveillance footage led investigators to that silver car, abandoned. Inside they found an AR-style rifle that police believe Miller used to kill Yancey. Tests confirmed it was the same rifle used in the shooting.