KNOB NOSTER — Police Chief Brian Kniskern said Tuesday he is unlikely to seek charges in the fatal shooting of a man that occurred during a domestic dispute more than a week ago.
Sonny Brown, 44, was shot once with a .357-caliber Magnum at about 8:30 a.m. June 28. He died at 11:30 a.m. July 2 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, where he had been airlifted, Kniskern said.
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