A former clerk pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of Dustin Niehouse at a liquor store in Kansas City’s Northland in 2022, court records show.
Mark Delano Shelton, 56, pleaded guilty March 3 to a lesser charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in the killing of 29-year-old Niehouse at the Cloud9 liquor store at 4305 Antioch Road.
Shelton was scheduled to face a Clay County jury trial on March 3 on charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. However, the trial was continued after an agreement was reached, and prosecutors filed the amended charge days before the trial…