Police today identified two Kansas City, Kan., men as homicide victims in a shooting early Friday morning outside a Northeast area nightclub.They were positively identified as Drell D. Fisher, 22, and Reginald L. Barnes, 22.The shooting was reported about 3:30 a.m. outside of Gerry’s Silver Slipper near Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard.A witness told police that she heard the gunman say something about money before both men were shot. The gunman then fled in a car, possibly occupied by another man.When police arrived, officers found a man with a gun, but officers said the man dropped the weapon and ran.The man was apprehended after a short foot chase and was being held pending possible weapon and drug charges unrelated to the homicides. Police said they did not think that gun was the murder weapon.Two weeks ago, three men were injured — including one who was stabbed 14 times — during a brawl and knife fight at the same nightclub.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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