Longtime barber of KC dad killed in Northland says kids were ‘everything to him’

Jim Lower hated to hear about Monday’s deadly shooting in the Northland, an area where he once owned a barbershop for decades and would worry about growing violence.

Then he learned that the man who was killed was Chris Wells, 41 — someone he watched grow up in his barber chair. Someone who he says had turned into a great father and husband, who was dedicated to his wife and four kids.

“It just made me sick,” Lower said Tuesday afternoon. “It’s a sad deal, man. I just can’t believe it. … I’ve seen that guy turn into a real man. He put his wife and kids first, I promise you that.”…

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