00:00A former Kansas City police officer will be spending life behind bars for a deadly shooting in a Walmart parking
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00:06Thanks for joining us at noon. I'm Kelly Eckerman.
00:08Takeza Johnson was sentenced for second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of Ronald Barnett.
00:15Prosecutors say an argument over driving turned deadly when Johnson followed Barnett, pulled a gun, and shot him in the
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00:22Johnson claimed self-defense, but Barnett was unarmed.
00:25Johnson was a Kansas City police officer from 2004 to 2014.
