A suspect has been arrested and charged in the Feb. 18 double homicide of two 14-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, residents, a police spokesman stated.
The two 14-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, victims, Samuel Guess and Antonio Johnson, were found dead in the 2200 block of Birch Drive on Feb. 18, a Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman stated.
Patrick Howard, a 24-year-old resident of Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested and taken into custody on Monday by the U.S. Marshals Kansas Fugitive Apprehension Unit, according to the Kansas City, Kansas, police spokesman.
The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office has charged Howard with two counts of second-degree murder, police stated. He is currently being held in the Wyandotte County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
This incident remains under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Major Case Unit.
Police stated that anyone with information on this case is urged to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477). All tips remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward, according to police.