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Man pleads no contest in shooting death of 19-year-old woman

Published December 22, 2021 9:30 AM

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 15 for a Coffeyville man who pleaded no contest to first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting death of a young woman in Independence. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt on Tuesday announced the plea by 20-year-old Benjamin Job Mason II. The case was prosecuted by Schmidt’s office. Kimberly Meeks was shot to death on Dec. 14, 2019, as she and a man were walking. Authorities said the shooter fired at them and drove away.

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