SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) — A puzzling, broad-daylight shooting at a small-town trailer park is renewing concerns among activists about how justice is doled out when a Black person is killed in Missouri.
Justin King, 28, was shot to death by a neighbor on Nov. 3 at the neighbor’s mobile home in Bourbon, Missouri, a town of 1,600 residents.
While police say the initial investigation indicates the shooting was justified, King’s relatives and civil rights leaders spoke at a news conference Thursday to press for a more thorough investigation.
Activists also cited several other recent killings of Black men in Missouri that failed to result in criminal charges.
