No indictments in two deaths after dispute over firewood

Published October 13, 2021 12:41 PM

PARKVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Platte County grand jury declined to indict a man in the death of two men after a dispute over $200 in firewood. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd announced Wednesday the grand jury found no crime was committed when 44-year-old Jonathan Lutz, of Kansas City, and 34-year-old Kalob Lawrence, of Kimberling City, died in February. Zahnd said the two men had delivered firewood to a Platte County home but left before unloading the entire order. The homeowner’s 22-year-old son chased the men and confronted them. Zahnd said when Lawson pointed a gun at the son and threatened him, the son grabbed his own gun and fired several times, killing the two men.

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