KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prosecutors charged a man with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a man in Independence.
Independence police fanned out on a manhunt to find the suspect, Trey C. Parker, of Independence. Parker was arrested Monday night.
Around 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, officers were called to a car wash near the intersection of South Crane Street and East 23rd Street on a reported stabbing.
Officers were told Anthony S. Myers, 45, was wounded when dropped off at the car wash, according to a court document.
Myers was taken to a hospital, where he died.
A detective interviewed a relative of Myers, who said Myers and Parker were friends. The interviewee said the two got into an argument about a Chiefs sweatshirt that belonged to Parker but Myers was wearing.
Parker told police he stabbed Myers after his arrest by Independence SWAT officers.
He also told a detective he and Myers got into an argument over a sweatshirt.
Parker is in the Jackson County Detention Center on a $250,000 cash-only bond.
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