KSNF/KODE — The second of two brothers – accused of going on a crime spree where one man was killed and one woman was shot, is now charged in Jackson County.
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Prosecutors filed four charges against Jose Benitez, 20.
Those charges include first-degree assault, vehicle hijacking, and two counts of armed criminal action.
Just after five Tuesday evening, officers from the Independence, Missouri Police Department responded to an attempted carjacking.
Officers say Benitez had shot a woman. The woman was found lying on the ground next to a pickup truck and police say she had a gunshot wound to the left forearm and one in the chest. Independence Police say Benitez left the scene before they arrived.
According to the probable cause affidavit, IPD found one spent 9mm shell and one 9mm bullet on the ground near the pickup truck and say it appeared as if the woman was shot while still sitting in the driver’s seat.