3 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man from Jackson County, Missouri, has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting another man in 2017. The Kansas City Star reports that 30-year-old Patrick Powell, of Greenwood, was sentenced Friday for the November 2017 death of 52-year-old Rodney Thurber. Powell was convicted in March of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. A witness told police that Powell taunted Thurber while shooting him several times. A woman who was with Powell after the killing, Caitlyn Riffle, is also charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Her case is pending. Court records say a witness told police the shooting occurred after a woman believed to be Riffle visited Thurber to retrieve a handgun.
Due for sentence Jan 2020