KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City-area man has been charged in connection with a domestic assault that also involved firing a handgun inside and outside a Lee's Summit residence that the suspect later failed to come out of after police surrounded the residence, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Kevin L. Williams, 31, Lee's Summit, faces Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Armed Criminal Action and Domestic Assault 3rd Degree.*
According to court records filed Tuesday, police were dispatched to the 900 block of Bristol Drive in Lee's Summit on a reported disturbance. Williams was reportedly armed. Neighbors reported hearing shots. Officers were able to get others out of the residence and set up a perimeter.
The victim told police Williams threatened to kill her, hit her with a moving car door in the driveway and fired shots inside and outside the residence. Hours later, Williams was found in a closet. Officers said he appeared to be high on drugs.