John W. Waldon, a 31-year-old man, was killed in a shooting on the night of July 1, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri. His body, along with that of 49-year-old Andre L. Barnes, was discovered by police in the street at the intersection of 28th Terrace and Myrtle Avenue. Both men had been fatally shot. The double homicide was part of a violent holiday weekend in the city and was connected to another killing that occurred the same evening.
Earlier that night, at approximately 9:30 p.m., police found 46-year-old Darren L. Harris shot to death inside his silver BMW in the 1600 block of East 80th Street. Investigators determined that Waldon and Barnes had traveled with Harris from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Kansas City for a drug transaction. The motive for the triple homicide was later identified as a dispute over a drug debt, with reports indicating that Harris had come to Kansas City to collect a significant sum of money owed to him from a previous PCP deal.
In April 2020, a Jackson County grand jury indicted four Kansas City men in connection with the three murders. Rashidi Crosdale and Tyree West were each charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of armed criminal action. Terrence Harden and Ravon Freeman faced two counts each of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. At the time of the indictments, Crosdale and West were already in federal custody on unrelated charges, while Harden and Freeman were taken into custody.
The ensuing legal proceedings saw a divergence in outcomes for the four accused men. In May 2022, a Jackson County jury found Ravon Freeman not guilty on all charges, leading to his acquittal. Shortly before Freeman's trial, Terrence Harden entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. In exchange for his testimony against Freeman, Harden pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of attempted robbery.
The cases against the two men facing the most serious charges, Rashidi Crosdale and Tyree West, proceeded through the justice system. Information regarding the specific outcomes of their trials, including any convictions or sentencing, is not readily available in the provided search results. The investigation revealed that West's fingerprints were found inside Harris's car, and text messages from Harden to Crosdale pointed to the location where Waldon and Barnes were killed, describing it as 'all hidden, it's all bushes.' A witness also told investigators that Freeman had stated he and Crosdale had shot two men from out of town.
