'What are you laughing for?': Man fires 17 times in fatal shooting of convenience store clerk who was trying to break up fight between customers, cops say

A convenience store clerk successful Missouri who was trying to interruption up a combat was shot 17 times by an aggravated lawsuit aft a verbal quality with others turned violent, cops say.

The incidental happened soon aft 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18 astatine the Phillips 66 Xpress Mart connected Prospect Avenue successful Kansas City. According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit, cops recovered 41-year-old Craig Washington connected the crushed of the store suffering from respective gunshot wounds to his face, forearms, torso and back.

Cops reviewed surveillance video from the store that showed the suspect, 27-year-old Adrian Stallings, travel wrong the store. Stallings was trying to bargain immoderate intoxicant erstwhile helium thought helium heard idiosyncratic laughing astatine him due to the fact that helium was abbreviated connected money.

"What are you laughing for?" Stallings allegedly said. "You laughing? I said, 'Are you laughing, though?'"

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Stallings allegedly threatened to combat 1 of the radical wrong the store, saying "I'll smack the s— retired of you."

The statement escalated and Washington tried to support the 2 parties separated. That's erstwhile Stallings allegedly pulled retired a weapon and changeable Washington, who fell to the ground. Washington tried to crawl distant and pulled retired a weapon but dropped it. Stallings picked up the different weapon and allegedly stood implicit Washington, who was "struggling to move" and fired a 2nd volley of shots.

Stallings allegedly fired yet different circular of shots and said "he's a b—. Get the f— up." The fishy reportedly fled successful a dark-colored Chevrolet sedan.

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Investigators recovered 17 ammunition casings astatine the country and cops arrested Stallings a mates days aft the shooting. He's facing charges of second-degree murder, equipped transgression enactment and felon successful possession of a firearm.

Washington's mother, Kimberly Johnson, told section NBC affiliate KSHB that her lad worked astatine the store for respective years and was well-known by customers. She said she was ever disquieted astir the unit occurring adjacent the store.

"I would ever archer him, 'Be harmless astatine enactment today,'" she said successful an interrogation with the TV station. "Over the years he's worked there, truthful overmuch has happened connected that 1 block…so galore murders, truthful overmuch tragedy."

Johnson said she doesn't recognize wherefore idiosyncratic would termination her son.

"I can't judge we person radical walking astir that angry," she said. "How could you bash that to different quality being?"

Stallings remains successful the Jackson County Jail without bond. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Dec. 30.