An 18-year-old Kansas City teenager is facing felony weapons charges after four juveniles told police he fired more than 10 gunshots at their vehicle during a THC cartridge sale that went bad, with no injuries reported despite the car being struck multiple times. Keon M. Douyon now sits behind a $100,000 bond ahead of a Friday hearing in Liberty where a judge will decide whether to lower it.
According to Northwest MO Info, the confrontation began when the four juvenile victims drove to an apartment complex intending to sell Douyon three THC cartridges. During that meeting, the outlet reports, Douyon allegedly pointed a handgun at the vehicle's driver, who pushed the weapon away from their chest before driving forward into Douyon's parked vehicle. The teens told police they then heard more than 10 gunshots as they fled the scene, and their car was struck multiple times in the process.
The four juveniles were contacted by officers at the QuikTrip located at 9600 N. Oak Trafficway, per the probable cause statement cited by Northwest MO Info, a store anchored on one of the primary commercial arterials in Kansas City's Northland. Police later located Douyon that same day and took him into custody without incident, the outlet reports, before transporting him to East Patrol Detention.
Why Douyon Landed at a Patrol Station, Not a Central Jail
Douyon was placed on a 24-hour hold at East Patrol Detention rather than a centralized city jail, a routine procedure stemming from Kansas City's 2009 closure of its central municipal jail and the 2015 shuttering of its headquarters detention unit. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department now relies on station-level holding cells across its patrol divisions for short-term investigative holds before suspects are formally charged or transferred, according to the department's own description of its jail and bonding services. Those facilities are used for short-term investigative holds.
While in custody, Douyon denied the allegations against him and requested an attorney, the station reports. He has been charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Armed Criminal Action.
What the Charges Could Mean for Douyon
The weapons charge stems from Missouri's statute governing the discharge of a firearm at or into a motor vehicle, classified as Unlawful Use of a Weapon under Missouri Revised Statutes § 571.030, a felony that can carry multi-year prison sentences depending on the circumstances. Armed Criminal Action, the second charge Douyon faces, is governed by Missouri Revised Statutes § 571.015 and carries a mandatory minimum of three years in prison with no eligibility for probation, parole, or a suspended sentence during that period — a sentence that must run consecutively to whatever underlying felony conviction it accompanies.
Armed Criminal Action cannot be charged on its own; it must be attached to an underlying felony, and Missouri defense attorneys note that prosecutors frequently pair it with weapons charges specifically because it guarantees non-negotiable prison time upon conviction, according to analysis from The Hartley Law Firm. That stacking strategy gives prosecutors significant leverage in plea negotiations, but the ACA charge depends on a qualifying felony conviction; if the underlying charge is dismissed or reduced to a misdemeanor, the ACA charge falls.
The THC Sale Behind the Confrontation
The altercation traces back to an alleged plan by four juveniles to sell Douyon three THC cartridges. Missouri voters legalized cannabis for adults under Amendment 3 in 2022, but the alleged transaction involved juveniles. That alleged underage THC transaction escalated into a felony weapons case.
Court records show Clay County felony proceedings, including bond hearings, are handled at the James S. Rooney Justice Center in Liberty, home to the 7th Judicial Circuit Court. Under the circuit's local rules, bail conditions and bond reduction requests must be decided directly by the judge overseeing the specific case, meaning Friday's 9 a.m. hearing on Douyon's $100,000 bond rests solely with the assigned judge. A preliminary hearing has also been scheduled for 9 a.m. on November 6.
The case echoes another recent Missouri gun-related case. Hoodline previously reported on a Clay County weapon charge warrant stemming from an armed standoff.
