Man kills friend for wearing his KC Chiefs hoodie: Cops
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Background: The car wash near the intersection of South Crane and East 23 streets in Independence, Missouri (Google Maps). Inset: Trey Parker (Jackson County Sheriff”s Office).

A man in Missouri is accused of stabbing his friend to death because the victim was wearing his Kansas City Chiefs sweatshirt and “taunting” him.

Trey Parker, 23, has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, court records show. The incident occurred on Friday as the friends got ready to go to a casino.

Parker was at his home, along with the victim and the victim’s mother, because Parker’s mom was having a garage sale, according to a probable cause statement reviewed by Law&Crime. As night fell and the garage sale wrapped up, another man joined the suspect and the victim and they agreed to go to a nearby casino.

But while this man and the victim’s mother “were getting a vehicle ready to go,” Parker and the victim began arguing outside of the vehicle in a neighboring parking lot, the court document states. They were apparently “arguing about a sweatshirt” the victim was wearing, “which belonged to [the] Suspect.”

One of the witnesses said she saw some “shoving,” and when the victim got in the vehicle, he said “he” had stabbed him and asked to be taken to the hospital. The victim, his mom, and the newly-arrived man “then left in the vehicle and located the ambulance,” a detective with the Independence Police Department said.

The victim’s mother “clarified that nobody else was near” her son “who could have injured him apart from” Parker, according to the probable cause statement.

The suspect’s mother also gave her version of events. She said she saw the “heated confrontation” between the two friends, with the victim wearing Parker’s red Chiefs hoodie “and taunting him with insults.”

She reportedly told police that she did not see her son attack the victim but later heard from him that he had a knife and “barely tapped” the victim “to get him to back off, not believing he caused serious injury.” Parker’s mom also apparently said her son remained at home for a while until convincing a friend to give him a ride somewhere else.

Police reviewed nearby surveillance footage that showed parts of the altercation. Parker is said to have “approached” the victim, and they “stood face to face” before Parker “produced an item and waved it around in his right hand.”

“Suspect then made a sudden move toward Victim, raised his right arm towards Victim, and stabbed him,” the court document states, noting that the victim could be seen “immediately after holding his left rib cage area.”

Police were dispatched just after 8 p.m. to a car wash near the intersection of South Crane and East 23 streets in Independence, where they were told “paramedics had a victim of a stab wound on scene.”

The paramedics reportedly told officers that “a male was dropped off by a vehicle seeking medical attention.” The paramedics brought him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Parker was not arrested until Monday. After being read his Miranda rights, he reportedly admitted that he and the victim were “in an argument over a sweatshirt.” He claimed the victim “approached” him “on his property,” stating the victim had a knife and made a “stabbing” and “slashing” motion at him and that he stabbed him in self-defense.

Police weren’t convinced. According to the court document, they told Parker they had video evidence contradicting his statement. When they placed him back in his holding cell, he is said to have pulled back from his original account of events.

“He may not have swung the knife at me,” Parker reportedly stated.

Jail records show Parker’s birthday is Sept. 23, indicating he was arrested a day before his birthday. He had an initial appearance in court on Wednesday, and he is scheduled for a bond review hearing on Sept. 30.

Parker had previously been arrested or convicted on charges of tampering with a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property, possessing a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, according to police.

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