KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A south Kansas City man was found not guilty in connection with a deadly shooting after a week-long trial in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Maurice Jacques, 41, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

According to court documents, Kansas City police officers responded to a shooting just before 3 a.m. on May 22, near East 93rd Street and Bales Drive.

When officers arrived on scene, they found a woman, identified as 24-year-old Nykolett Schroeder, who had been shot in the middle of her back.

She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died from her injuries. Her manner of death was determined to be a homicide.

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