NewsMay 13, 2005
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Prosecutors on Thursday charged a man with fatally shooting a teenage boy in a dispute over a lawnmower. Raymone D. Cunningham, 22, of Kansas City, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 14-year-old Cortez D. White...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Prosecutors on Thursday charged a man with fatally shooting a teenage boy in a dispute over a lawnmower.

Raymone D. Cunningham, 22, of Kansas City, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 14-year-old Cortez D. White.

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White borrowed the mower from a neighbor and was shot after he returned it Sunday. Police said the argument that led to the shooting began because the owner apparently thought White had taken the mower without permission.

After the argument, White was attacked and shot in the back with a shotgun. He died at a hospital.

More charges could be filed as the investigation continues, Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Sanders said.

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