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Lakevis Sloan Gets More Than 25 Years for 2023 Killing of 6-Year-Old in KCK

Investigators say the gunfire was intended for a relative of the child.

Overview

  • A Wyandotte County judge sentenced Sloan on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated assault and aggravated child endangerment.
  • He will also serve three years of post-release supervision under the sentence.
  • Sir’Antonio Brown, 6, was shot while riding his bicycle outside his Kansas City, Kansas, home in May 2023.
  • Sloan and a 17-year-old co-defendant were arrested days later at a Greyhound bus station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
  • Prosecutors are weighing whether to seek adult charges for the 17-year-old, and Cassandra Sledge faces separate counts tied to the suspects’ vehicle and alleged false statements.