The KBI says an arrest has been made in a fatal shooting that happened Saturday evening in Independence.
19-year-old Kimberly Meeks of Coffeyville was reportedly walking with a 19-year-old man in the area of Main Street and Laurel when someone fired shots at them. Meeks was struck and died of her injuries while the 19-year-old ran from the scene.
On Sunday, police took an 18-year-old Coffeyville man into custody at his home. He has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail for first-degree murder.
A motive for the shooting hasn’t been released.
