Second suspect charged in deadly dispute

Prosecutors have charged a second man in the fatal shooting of a teenage boy in a dispute about a lawnmower.

Robert E. Simmons, 19, of Kansas City, was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Cortez D. White, 14, Jackson County authorities said Monday.

Another man, Raymone D. Cunningham, 22, of Kansas City, was charged last week with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

White borrowed the mower from a neighbor and was shot after he returned it May 8. Police said the argument that led to the shooting began because the owner apparently thought White had taken the mower without permission.

After the argument, White was attacked by three men and shot. He died at a hospital.