A teenager, now 17, pleaded guilty Nov. 6 in Jackson County Court in the shooting death of an 11-year-old girl in her Kansas City, Missouri, house.

Re'Mori Roath killed Kourtney Freeman when he fired several gunshots into a house on April 10, 2024, near East 33rd Street and Flora Avenue.

Police officers found Kourtney suffering from a gunshot wound to her head. She died a few minutes later at a hospital.

Freeman attended the Kauffman School, where she was involved in Kauffman Cares, a student group that worked to prevent violence.

She really had love for people, and she would stand up for people. And for her to go that way was just heartbreaking, Rikai Mason told KSHB 41 anchor/reporter JuYeon Kim.

Mason was also a member of Kauffman Cares.

She was the number one student inside Kauff

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