A Kansas Metropolis police officer who killed an unarmed Black man in 2020, with a document of different violent arrests of Black civilians has been named within the killings of two different folks.
Officer Blayne Newton is present process a routine investigation following the taking pictures deaths of Marcell T. Nelson and Kristen Fairchild, each 42, on June 9, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis.
Based on Fox4 Information, Newton shot Nelson and Fairchild whereas on patrol near thirty first Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard at roughly 9 p.m. earlier than calling for assist. Responding officers discovered Nelson lifeless and Fairchild in want of medical help. She later died on the hospital. A 3rd particular person, Nelson’s 20-year-old nephew, additionally was shot within the head however is predicted to outlive.
Reportedly, three folks with information of the investigation into the shootings recognized Newton because the shooter.
The Missouri State Freeway Patrol claimed that Newton noticed a passenger who had been driving in a pickup truck get out of the truck and method a minivan whereas holding a firearm earlier than getting again into the truck and dashing off. MSHP claimed that Newton — who’s recognized as “the officer” — pulled up alongside the minivan, stopping his dashcam from recording the interplay.
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Newton fired a number of pictures into the motive force’s facet window of the minivan earlier than it slowly rolled ahead and hit a curb. Authorities imagine that Fairchild was driving the minivan and in addition claimed that 4 firearms have been discovered within the minivan.
Additionally they alleged that shell casings discovered within the minivan counsel that somebody fired from contained in the automobile. The investigation is reportedly ongoing. It’s unclear why Newton approached the minivan as an alternative of following the pickup truck. Three folks walked out of the automobile after the officer ordered these inside to exit, whereas the motive force and passenger have been too injured to maneuver.
Newton’s dashcam additionally did not document him taking pictures and killing Donnie Sanders in March 2020. The dashcam did document him passing Sanders driving a Chevy Tahoe and making a U-turn to comply with him close to Prospect Avenue and 51st Avenue along with his sirens activated.
Sanders pulled over in an alley and ran. Newton chased him and ordered him to cease earlier than firing 5 pictures, three of them hitting an unarmed Sanders. He died the next day within the hospital because the police revealed that he was unarmed and that they’d discovered a cellphone in his pocket.
Nonetheless, Jackson County prosecutors claimed that there was inadequate proof in opposition to Newton to file felony prices. Sanders’ household filed a $10 million federal civil lawsuit in Kansas Metropolis that’s at present ongoing.
The disgraced KCPD officer additionally reportedly assaulted a nine-month-pregnant Black girl throughout a 2020 arrest. Whereas arresting Deja Stalling, Newton put his knee into her again after slamming her to the bottom on her stomach, inflicting her to be hospitalized. He was additionally one among three officers who used a Taser on a youngster and repeatedly punched him in 2019, leading to a $325,000 payout by KCPD.
Critics surprise why Newton remains to be employed by the KCPD. Suspicion additionally has been raised round why the authorities refused to call Newton because the officer concerned within the June 9 killings.
“We’ve not named the officer, nor can we ever except there are prices filed and the identification turns into a public document,” wrote KCPD spokesman Sgt. Jacob Becchina. “KCPD is absolutely cooperating with the Freeway Patrol investigation.”
Missouri State Freeway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Andy Bell additionally refused to call Newton.
“We is not going to launch the title of the officer concerned whereas there’s an ongoing investigation,” mentioned Bell.
Steve Younger is an organizer with the Kansas Metropolis Regulation Enforcement Accountability Mission, and he referred to Newton as a serial killer.
“Blayne Newton is a serial killer,” mentioned Younger. “There are officers who don’t discharge their weapons their complete careers. He’s now answerable for three deaths and two assaults that we all know of.”
Eboney Allmon is Nelson’s sister and the mom of the 20-year-old third sufferer, who was shot by Newton within the head.
Allmon mentioned that her brother had picked up her son after he’d gone swimming and that they have been on their option to McDonald’s when Newton shot them. Allmon mentioned that she hasn’t but requested her son what occurred through the taking pictures and needs to provide him time to get well.
“I believe that’s an excessive amount of trauma for a 20-year-old Black male to course of, and I don’t need him feeling like that’s all I care about as a result of it’s not,” she mentioned. “I’m blessed to have him right here.”
Allmon additionally mentioned Marcell T. Nelson was her greatest pal and the daddy of 5. “He was my greatest pal,” mentioned Allmon. “We talked and laughed about every thing. We have been these siblings that didn’t argue.”
The grieving sister desires justice for her household whereas noting police reform is required in Kansas Metropolis. “One thing has to provide,” she mentioned, “and killing is just not the reply.”
