Kansas City, Missouri

From the Kansas City Star of December 13, 2006

Prosecutors decline to file murder charges in two homicides

Jackson County prosecutors recently declined to file murder charges in two homicides because investigators believed the shooters fired in self-defense.

The first one occurred Sept. 2 in the 3500 block of East 51st Street.

According to police, Isaac J. Calvert Jr., 18, stood behind an apartment building and fired into an apartment at someone with whom he was angry. A stray bullet penetrated another apartment and wounded a 49-year-old woman. Someone in the apartment Calvert intended to hit fired back, killing Calvert.

Police found Calvert’s body behind the building about 2:30 a.m.

The second fatal shooting occurred about 5:45 a.m. Oct. 3 in the 9800 block of East 52nd Street. A woman told police that Dallas Bromley, 26, of Oak Grove, had started arguing with her over money. Another man joined the argument, and the two men drew guns.

Both fired. Bromley died at the scene. The other man was wounded in the neck and was hospitalized.

Detectives said they found several marijuana “bricks” in the home and in a vehicle in the driveway. Since Bromley was inside someone else’s home with a gun to collect money and had fired his gun, the shooting was ruled self-defense, police said.