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POLICE: Arrest made in Jacob Brantner murder

Posted at 6:19 AM, May 17, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-17 19:24:33-04

An 18-year-old man is in the Jackson County Jail after being arrested in connection with the April 3, 2016 murder of Jacob Brantner.

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Fazon Swinton, 18, of Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested and charged in Brantner's death on Tuesday.

Brantner was shot and killed at a Price Chopper parking lot near 63rd Street and Blue Ridge while attempting to sell a gun after an online agreement. Brantner brought his 10-year-old daughter to the meetup.

She was watching in the car as he was killed.

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The case has been handed over to the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office. Charges are expected soon.

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