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Additional Murder Charges Filed In South Kansas City Shooting Spree

A man accused of killing five people in a south Kansas City, Mo., crime spree in early September now faces two additional charges of first degree murder.

Brandon Howell, 34, already faced three counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of 63-year-old Darryl Hurst, 88-year-old Lorene Hurst and 69-year-old Susan Choucroun.

A Jackson County grand jury indicted Howell on the additional charges for the deaths of George Taylor, 80, and Anna Taylor, 86, who were found badly beaten in their Woodbridge home. They later died of their injuries.

Howell is being held without bond. He's scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning.

Elle Moxley covered education for KCUR.
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