Woman convicted in Lawrence apartment invasion, shooting
photo by: Douglas County Sheriff's Office
The alleged trigger-woman has been convicted in a December home-invasion robbery and shooting.
Kayshunna C. Poindexter, 26, of Lawrence, pleaded no contest and was convicted of aggravated battery, a felony, on July 18 in Douglas County District Court, according to Jill Spurling, trial assistant for the district attorney’s office.
Poindexter’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 28 in Judge Paula Martin’s courtroom.
Prior to the plea deal, Poindexter was initially charged Jan. 24 with one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated battery, both felonies.
About 8:45 p.m. Dec. 20, 2017, robbers reportedly barged into an apartment in the 4500 block of Wimbledon Drive. A 21-year-old man who lived there was shot and flown to an area hospital for treatment; he survived.
The shooting victim told police he was at the apartment with his girlfriend when someone knocked at the door and asked for “Tim,” the Journal-World previously reported. When the victim told them that they must have the wrong house, someone said “run that (expletive)” and four suspects with handguns barged in.
Two suspects held the victim and his girlfriend on the first floor while the other two searched upstairs bedrooms.
The victim said the shortest suspect, whom other assailants called “Tink,” was the one who shot him. Police and prosecutors alleged that “Tink” is Poindexter, who is 5 feet 3 inches, according to jail records.
Two men have also been charged in the incident, Brian L. Proctor, 26, of Lawrence, and Jermel Fleming, 25, of Grandview, Mo. Their cases are pending.
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