Kansas City woman charged with murder of man she lived with. ‘What have I done?'
A Kansas City woman was charged last month in the 2023 shooting of a man she lived with, court documents show. Prosecutors charged Destinie A. Gilliam, 30, with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon, according to documents filed Oct. 30 in the Jackson County Circuit Court. Tyler D. Ashley, 26, died after being shot in the chest the morning of July 1, 2023 at his East Side residence. His death was ruled a homicide two months later. Ashley grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Central High School, according to an obituary . As of Nov. 8, Gilliam was held in the Jackson County Detention Center with a $250,000 cash-only bond. If found guilty, Gilliam faces up to life in prison for the two felonies. Tyler Ashley of Kansas City Around 10:20 a.m., Kansas City police responded to investigate a reported shooting at a house on the 5300 block of Westridge Road, according to law enforcement and the affidavit. Officers found evidence of a shooting in the finished basement/garage of the split-level Fairway Hills home on Kansas City’s East Side. The victim was not there — Gilliam had driven Ashley to a hospital. Ashley was pronounced dead
