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Fatal shooting sends LV man to prison

By Brian Hagen

04/27/2022

(KAIR)--A Leavenworth man is going to prison for the 2021 shooting death of another man.

According to a release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson, 22-year-old Cordell Stewart was sentenced in Leavenworth County District Court to 9-years-9-months incarceration for second-degree murder in the death of Floyd Ross, Jr.

According to Thompson, District Court Judge Gerald Kuckelman determined that Stewart had the lowest criminal history with none or one misdemeanor, with the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines used to make the sentencing decision.

Stewart pled to shooting Ross at least twice on March 24 in Leavenworth County District Court.

The release explains that the Leavenworth Police Department was able to retrieve video of Ross from the fatal evening of May 4, 2021, with the surveillance video capturing Ross and another man, later determined to be Stewart, in the area of the 400 block of Leavenworth’s Kiowa Street. The video captured muzzle flashes, Ross dropping to the ground, and Stewart running east on Kiowa Street.

During Stewart’s sentencing, the father and sisters of Ross spoke, asking for the maximum amount of time.

According to Thompson, the resolution of the case came through the permission of the family.

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