KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A security guard who claimed he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot a man who was sitting in a car near a Kansas City bar has been convicted of second-degree murder.
Christopher Jones, 37, was convicted Thursday in the June 2018 shooting of 45-year-old Kevin Thomas outside the Yum Yum Bar & Grill.
Jones, an employee of Force One Security and Consulting of Overland Park, Kansas, was charged along with his coworker, 24-year-old Markell Pinkins.
Pinkins’ case is pending.
Charging documents said the men were working security at the bar when they saw a car hit a parked vehicle, The Kansas City Star reported. They ran across the street and repeatedly asked Thomas to get out of the car. When Thomas moved his car “not even a foot,” Jones and Pinks both fired at him, according to court records.
Both men said they fired their weapons in self defense but acknowledged they they were not authorized to handle situations away from the bar. Jones was not licensed to carry a firearm in Missouri, according to court records.
