Charges filed in fatal shooting in Independence

Charges filed in fatal shooting in Independence

Charges filed in fatal shooting in Independence

By the Associated Press:

A teenager is now charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of a woman in southeastern Kansas.

18-year-Benjamin Mason of Coffeyville, Kansas, was charged with first-degree murder.

Authorities said 19-year-old Kimberly Meeks was shot to death as she walked with a man in Independence, Kansas, on Dec. 14. Witnesses said someone fired shots from a passing car.

Mason was arrested a day after the shooting at his home in Coffeyville, about 20 miles south of the shooting scene.

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