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Makayla Brooks

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated Oct 05, 2018

Victim Details

Makayla A. Brooks

Female

White / Caucasian

Kansas-city

MO

2018-10-05

17

Makayla

Brooks

07/25/2026

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In the early morning hours of October 5, 2018, the life of 17-year-old Makayla Brooks was tragically cut short in what authorities have described as a senseless act of violence. The female teenager was asleep on the couch in the front living room of a residence in the 5500 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raytown, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, when she was fatally shot. Several other people were present in the home at the time of the shooting, but no one else was physically harmed.

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  • Police identify 17-year-old Raytown girl shot and killed
  • KC teen duo now charged in second fatal shootin
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