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Pleasant Hill man charged in deadly shooting of wife

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Pleasant Hill man has been charged in connection with the deadly shooting of his wife on Saturday.

Cass County Prosecutors charged John Bradley Lankford, 56, on Sunday with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Cass County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call around 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a reported shooting at the 16000 block of South State Route E.

According to a news release, deputies located a man outside the residence and “an unresponsive female in the basement of the residence.”

The female, identified as Lorie A. Lankford, 60, was determined to be deceased at the scene.

John Lankford currently is in custody at the Cass County Jail on a $500,000 cash-only bond.