An Independence man is behind bars after firing gunshots into two Leawood homes on New Year's Day.
Johnson County prosecutors charged Anthony Williams, 33, with firing shots into an occupied home, shooting into a residence, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
One of the homes that was shot into was located in the 4000 block of West 112th Street.
Williams was booked into the Johnson County Jail Sunday morning. He remains on a $250,000 bond.
Williams made his first appearance in court Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
One homeowner told 41 Action News they heard "two loud pops" shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday.
When they went downstairs to investigate they said they saw a "bearded man" trying to enter their home through their back patio.
Once that man saw the homeowners, he ran away, got in a truck and drove off.
Minutes later he was arrested by Leawood police.
The homeowners showed 41 Action News the damage left behind. There were bullet holes through their back window that continue through a back wall and into a laundry room.
So far police haven't found a motive.
"Typically there's some kind of relationship between the two individuals. This one we're not aware of that,” Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said.
Williams was already on probation for two counts of first-degree burglary in 2014.
Howe said they're watching crime rates involving guns very carefully because of cases like this one.
"If we do see an uptick in that that's something the police chiefs and I will sit down and talk about and start strategies to try and combat that," Howe said.
Williams violated his probation nine times before being jailed in December. He posted bond and was released just last Tuesday. The truck he was driving was stolen from Jackson County. He's now facing 1 to six years in prison.
No one was hurt during Sunday's crime.
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