Man pleads guilty, receives near 2-decade sentence for 2023 shooting at hotel

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man pled guilty and received a sentence Wednesday more than two years after a fatal shooting at a hotel.

Makail Rogers pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and three counts of second-degree assault on an officer. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison, Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced.

Rogers shot and killed Carl Stewart multiple times at the Days Inn in the 8600 block of Hillcrest Road just after midnight on April 4, 2023, court documents said.

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Rogers told investigators he had woken up to Stewart “man-handling” him in a sexual nature at gunpoint, and that he was able to disarm Stewart and get control of the weapon.

He told authorities at the time of his arrest that he fired four shots at Stewart and continued shooting as he left the hotel room.

When police pursued him, Rogers exchanged gunfire with officers underneath the I-435 south overpass at 87th Street.