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Three 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of longtime sports radio personality Jimmy Dodds, whose death has shaken the Kansas City, Kansas, community and renewed concerns about youth violence.

Dodds, 64, was killed Sunday outside his home in the 3000 block of 82nd Terrace in Kansas City, Kansas. Known to generations of listeners as “Uncle Jimmy,” Dodds built a following through his work in sports talk radio and was also a longtime employee of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities identified the three suspects as Aaron Johnson, Mark Nash Jr. and Marquel McGee. All three suspects, who are 18 years old, are being held at the Harvey County Detention Center in Newton, Kansas, while awaiting transfer back to Wyandotte County. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karl Oakman said the shooting stemmed from a disagreement involving people known to Dodds’ family. “Some of his family members knew the individuals,” Oakman said.

“So, it stemmed from a disagreement.” “But once again, we’re seeing people’s inability to control their anger.” Investigators have not publicly released additional details about the nature of the dispute or what led to the deadly confrontation. According to Dodds’ landlord, Michelle Karanja, he was sitting inside his vehicle behind a parked Chevrolet Tahoe when the gunfire erupted. A visible bullet hole remains in the rear passenger side of the Tahoe parked at the scene.