KANSAS CITY — A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to using a GPS tracking device to monitor another man who was shot in a grocery store parking lot, according to the state’s attorney.
Dontay Campbell, 34, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to one count of cyberstalking resulting in death.
By pleading guilty today, Campbell admitted that he aided and abetted his co-conspirators in using a GPS tracking device to monitor Dontayus Wiles and that he did so with the intent to kill, injure, Wiles harass and intimidate. Campbell also admitted that her behavior led to Wiles’ death.
Conspirators planted a GPS tracking device on Wiles’ red Chevrolet Tahoe. On March 16, 2019, Campbell and two co-conspirators surveilled Wiles as he and his wife drove to the Happy Foods grocery store at 4019 E. 31st Street, Kansas City, Missouri. As Wiles and his wife left the grocery store and walked back to the Tahoe, across the parking lot full of people, including children, Campbell and a co-conspirator pulled up next to the Tahoe in a Chrysler Sebring. Campbell’s co-conspirator exited the Sebring and shot Wiles several times with a .40-caliber Ruger handgun belonging to Campbell. During the shooting, Campbell attempted unsuccessfully to remove the GPS tracker from Wiles’ vehicle.
Campbell and the co-conspirator then ran back to the Sebring, drove briefly around the parking lot and parked again near Wiles’ Tahoe. Campbell’s co-conspirator again fired several shots at Wiles’ Tahoe while Campbell again unsuccessfully attempted to recover the GPS tracker. Campbell and his co-conspirator then sped out of the Sebring parking lot.
Wiles died from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators recovered 17 spent .40-caliber shell casings near Wiles’ vehicle, all of which were confirmed to have been fired from the same weapon. Investigators also recovered the GPS tracker under the vehicle and determined that the tracker had been purchased and activated in February 2019.
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