On a Thursday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of 22-year-old Andre Tolan was tragically cut short. On January 23, 2020, police responded to a shooting at the East Hills Village Apartments located in the 7600 block of Monroe Avenue. There, they discovered Tolan, a young male, deceased from gunshot wounds in front of one of the apartment buildings.
The investigation into the homicide swiftly led to the identification of two suspects, who were brothers: 23-year-old Malik Sherman
and 27-year-old Micheal Sherman. Both men were taken into custody the day after the shooting. The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office subsequently charged each brother with second-degree murder, kidnapping, and two counts of armed criminal action.
According to court records, the events leading to Tolan's death began with a planned drug transaction. The Sherman brothers told investigators they were in a vehicle with Tolan and had driven to the area of 68th Street to conduct a marijuana deal. They claimed that upon their arrival, they were approached by an armed individual, leading them to believe they were being set up for a robbery. They stated that a shot may have been fired at their car as they fled the scene.
Believing Tolan was involved in the alleged setup, the brothers drove back to the East Hills Village Apartments. It was there, in a breezeway of one of the apartment buildings, that the situation escalated with fatal consequences. Both brothers admitted to detectives that they fired their weapons at Tolan after he exited the vehicle. Micheal Sherman stated he fired a handgun, and Malik Sherman admitted to shooting a rifle. Their justification for the shooting was their belief that Tolan had orchestrated the attempted robbery and they feared potential retaliation if they let him go. The Jackson County Prosecutor's Office requested a bond of $300,000 for each of the Sherman brothers. The disposition of the charges against Malik and Micheal Sherman, including the outcome of any trial or pleas, is not publicly available in the searched online sources.
