JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. —

A man is facing a first-degree murder charge after allegedly running over a woman and then shooting and killing her.

Arel Dawkins, of Blue Springs, Missouri, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced. Advertisement

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Officers with the Kansas City Police Department responded to the area of the 4000 block of Morrell Avenue on Aug. 6 on reports of a shooting .

When they arrived, they discovered a woman lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Police identified her as Braisen Cain, 42.

Police learned that the suspect left the area in a black Ford F-150, and that the suspect was allegedly Dawkins, who knew the victim, accord

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