Woman found not guilty in 2020 Smithville deadly shooting
SMITHVILLE, Mo. — A 50-year-old woman has been found not guilty in the 2020 deadly shooting of Shannon Tate in Smithville, Missouri.
On Monday, April 8, a Clay County jury found Lori Ackerman not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.
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The shooting was reported on the night of Dec. 10, 2020, near S. Commercial Avenue and Tipperary Street.
When officers arrived on scene they found Tate with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital where he died the next day.
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Ackerman and Tate were in a heated argument when they began to struggle over control of a handgun in their Smithville duplex. Ackerman shot Tate during that argument, court records say.
