Police at the scene of a deadly shooting near the Johnson County Central Resource Library in April 2020. File photo.
A Johnson County jury found a man guilty of first degree murder for a deadly 2020 shooting in Overland Park.
Dvonte Jamal Brown, 31, was found guilty for the killing of Micah Babick, who was found shot to death near the Johnson County Central Resource Library on 87th Street in April 2020.
In a press release Wednesday, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said Brown now faces sentencing on March 29.
Howe said the case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Daniel Obermeier and Kinsella Brunetti, with the assistance of the Overland Park Police Department and the Johnson County Crime Lab.
Shooting near JoCo Library
On the night of April 8, 2020, Overland Park Police were dispatched to the 9800 block of West 87th Street near the Central Resource Library branch on reports of a shooting.
Officers arrived and found a man, later identified as Micah Babick, 30, dead in the parking lot of MacDonald’s restaurant adjacent to the library.
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