24-year-old sentenced in deadly Blue Springs shooting
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — A 24-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty Monday in a deadly Blue Springs shooting.
Zaylen Smith pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in Jackson County court. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Smith was charged in the deadly shooting of 46-year-old Gregory Marchand in Blue Springs.
Another Kansas City man, 24-year-old Donavan Jordan, is also facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and resisting arrest, in connection to the deadly shooting.
Prosecutors said the three men were meeting for a marijuana deal that turned deadly. Jordan told detectives that Smith opened Marchand’s door, shot him and stole the money.
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The two men were found in Kansas City later that night following a police chase that ended in a crash.
Jordan is scheduled for a jury trial in September.
