Man charged in November deadly shooting outside Kansas City residence

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 45-year-old Kansas City, Missouri man is facing multiple charges in connection to a deadly shooting last month outside a KC residence.

Jackson County prosecutors on Tuesday charges Gabriel Eredia with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.

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According to court records, Kansas City police officers responded on Saturday, Nov. 18, to the sound of gunfire in the 1800 block of Mercier Street just before 1 a.m.

Officers were unable initially to locate a crime scene. Several minutes later, officers found 31-year-old Richard Gonzalez lying dead in the front yard of a house

A witness identified Eredia, who was a federally convicted felon and prohibited from carrying a firearm, as the person who was in the yard with the victim when shots rang out.

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Eredia’s DNA was found on spent shell casings at the crime scene, according to court records.

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