Suspect now faces murder charge in Independence Center shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The suspect charged in the November 2023 shooting at the Independence Center is now facing a murder charge.
A superseding indictment filed on Friday, Feb. 16, shows MarkAnthony Greer, 21, is now facing a second-degree murder charge. He was charged back on Nov. 13 with three counts of unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of armed criminal action.
Karla Brown, a 19-year-old pregnant woman injured in the shooting, died from her injuries a few days after the Nov. 10 shooting.
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Brown was at the Independence mall when the group she was with encountered another group.
The two groups passed each other at the mall entrance, and a verbal argument began. Court documents say a victim uninvolved with either group was shot in the leg.
Brown had not been following closely with her group when the argument and shooting happened, court records say. Surveillance video shows she appeared to be sitting down on a bench about 30 feet away before she was also shot.
An officer on off-duty assignment at Dillard’s arrived on the shooting scene first and found three injured victims.
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Brown had critical injuries, and two others had non-life threatening injuries. First responders took the 19-year-old to the hospital where she was placed on life support until her death.
Brown was 20 weeks pregnant, and the baby also died, family said.
