Charges filed in death of girl, 11, hit by bullet on July Fourth [View All]

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Jackson County prosecutors charged a Kansas City man today in connection with the death of an 11-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet in her uncle’s backyard on Independence Day.

The gun’s owner, Aaron Sullivan, 50, surrendered to police in tears late this afternoon. He faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.

Blair Lane and her parents were visiting the home in the 4300 block of Pittman Road to celebrate the holiday. The east Kansas City home has a fenced backyard encircled by heavy trees. Beyond the trees are several apartment complexes and a lake. Police said they traced the general vicinity of the bullet’s trajectory and questioned residents at the nearby complexes.

An employee at the Whispering Lakes complex told police he and three friends were shooting into the lake about the same time Blair was shot. He and his friends said they were shooting into the water, not the tree line, but the crime lab matched his Glock to the 9 mm bullet found in Blair’s neck, according to court records.



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