Man sentenced for 2025 killing in Kansas City, Kansas

Mugshot of Jamahal Fountain, courtesy of Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man has been sentenced for killing a man last year in Kansas City, Kansas.

A Wyandotte County judge this week sentenced Jamahal Fountain to 18 years in prison.

A jury found Fountain guilty in September of second-degree murder.

KCK police officers found 58-year-old Carl Nabors in a parking lot near Nebraska Avenue and North 7th Street Trafficway in downtown KCK on June 30, 2025.

When police arrived, they confirmed that Nabors suffered some sort of head trauma. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both Fountain and the victim were homeless, according to police.