Kansas City, Mo. ? A Kansas City man has been charged with killing his roommate and then setting the house on fire to conceal the evidence.

Police on Friday arrested 30-year-old David N. Smith on a charge of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 29-year-old Brandon Stevens, who was house-sitting for the home’s owner.

Officials believe the shooting was prompted by a dispute over money.

A forensic dentist was said to have positively identified Stevens’ remains, and an X-ray at the medical examiner’s office showed what appeared to be a bullet in Stevens’ neck.

Smith was arrested in Kansas City, Kan., on Friday with a sport-utility vehicle owned by the victim, whose body was found early Friday by firefighters who responded to a house fire in Kansas City, Mo.’s Waldo area.

The house where Stevens was shot was filled with flames when firefighters arrived around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

They found the victim’s burned body in one of the rooms and contacted police.

Friends of Stevens said he was a brick mason who worked with his brother in the construction industry.