KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City-area man has been charged in the fatal shooting on Thursday of Gregory D. Ultican inside a Blue Springs residence, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Jeffrey A. Ultican, 64, faces Murder 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action charges.
According to court records, Blue Springs Police officers were dispatched to the 600 block of SW 17th Street in Blue Springs on a shooting. A family member of the defendant told police that the Ultican had shot the victim, the defendant's cousin.
Police recovered a loaded weapon and a small amount of methamphetamine. Witnesses told police the defendant had been on Meth in recent days. Both victim and defendant had recently been arguing. A witness told police that the defendant made statements that he had been forced to shoot the victim. Prosecutors requested a $250,000 cash bond.