KANSAS CITY, MO (WCMH) – A father was gunned down Sunday night, as his 10-year-old daughter witnessed the entire incident from the front seat of his car.
It happened around 8:30pm Sunday as 39-year-old Jake Brantner met someone in a parking lot to sell a handgun. Brantner’s friends told KCTV that this was likely a Craigslist deal gone wrong.
A witness said he took cover along with several others as the shooting started. “It was surreal… (heavy sigh) Am I really hearing this? Am I really seeing this,” the witness said.
The witness, who did not want to be identified, told KCTV he thought Brantner may have fired back in self-defense. Police said he still had a gun in his hand when he was shot.
“The last person you’d ever think of something like that happening to,” said Brantner’s neighbor, Daniel Holdcraft.
Holdcraft said Brantner was a great person and a talented automotive specialist.
No arrests have been made in the case.