INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) – The identity of a teen accused of shooting a 14-year-old boy in Independence has been released.
According to court records, Amari Pinkins-Smith, 18, is facing two felony charges stemming from an incident on April 26, 2025.
The Independence Police Department said officers were dispatched to a home in the 3400 block of S. Leslie Avenue around 3:20 p.m. on reports of a shooting. Responding officers found the victim, a 14-year-old boy, lying in an upstairs bedroom with a gunshot wound on his upper left back and coughing up blood…