TV Dropped On Woman: Kansas City Man Charged With Assault

KANSAS CITY, MO — A Missouri man has been charged with deliberately dropping an old television set onto a woman from a third-floor balcony, leaving her critically hurt.

Jackson County prosecutors charged Otishus Kirkwood, 36, of Kansas City, Missouri, with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

The victim, who was not identified, sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities said. Officers on Thursday found the victim unconscious in front of the apartment building, near a broken tube television set, investigators allege in court filings. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

A witness reported that Kirkwood threw the large television from an apartment's third-floor balcony, striking the victim on the head, police said. The apartment's occupant said the victim and Kirkwood were homeless, and that he allowed them to occasionally sleep in his apartment.

Online court records don't show whether Kirkwood has an attorney.

Photo credit: Jackson County Detention Center via AP