Kansas City, Missouri

From Kansas City‘s KCTV.com of January 24, 2006

Police: Man Accused in Death of Cohort Shot by Victim

There's been a major break in a case, according to police.

Police have arrested a man who was shot and wounded, allegedly while trying to hold up a woman for gold rims.

Tony Rolf, 19, was accused of storming into a Kansas City house, and together with his cousin holding a woman at gunpoint over a car - a Monte Carlo with tricked out gold rims.

What they didn't know was that the woman's boyfriend was about to defend her and their property. He fired several shots at Rolf and his cousin, hitting them both, according to police.

Rolf's cousin, 19-year-old Ronnie Frederick, died at a hospital. Rolf was treated for a shot to the arm and released.

Investigators said he refused to cooperate with them, saying they'd been victims of a drive-by shooting on Prospect Avenue.

Ballistics cracked the case, according to authorities.

Investigators said the bullet pulled from Rolf's cousin's body matched the homeowner's gun.

Rolf was charged not only with two counts of armed criminal action and burglary but with second-degree murder as well because his cousin was allegedly killed in the commission of a felony.