Western Michigan basketball player charged with murder
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Prosecutors have filed murder and armed robbery charges against a Western Michigan University basketball player in the killing of a fellow student last week.
Joeviair (Joe-vee-AIR’) Kennedy is due to be arraigned Monday in a Kalamazoo County court in Thursday’s fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jacob Jones in an off-campus apartment. Prosecutors don’t know if the 20-year-old Muskegon man has an attorney yet.
Authorities allege that Kennedy killed Jones during a robbery of a phone and money.