Charges filed in Christmas Eve double slaying in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man has been charged with playing a role in the shooting deaths of two people during an apparent drug deal gone bad, authorities said.

Rosezelle C. Williams, 32, of Kansas City, was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree murder, one of assault and three of armed criminal action. He was being held on $500,000 bond.

According to the probable cause statement, officers responding to reports of the Christmas Eve shooting found Marlo Yarbrough, 19, and Calvin Ellison, 18, lying in the street with gunshot wounds to their heads. A 14-year-old had been shot in the buttocks.

Yarbrough died shortly after being taken to the hospital, and Ellison died the day after Christmas.