Suspect in KC-area slaying freed, charges pending

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) -- A man who was taken into custody after a fatal shooting outside a suburban Kansas City bar has been released with charges still pending.

Police in Grain Valley say 38-year-old Jesse Saldivar, Jr., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was shot to death during a fight early Thursday in the parking lot of Whiskey Tango. The suspect had told police that he fired the fatal shots and that he had put the gun he used on the hood of a car.

Chief Aaron Ambrose said that the suspect was released Friday morning while Jackson County prosecutors conduct more witness interviews and examine evidence. Ambrose said that the police investigation is ongoing.

The men were fighting outside the bar shortly after 3 a.m. when one of them pulled a gun and fired three rounds into the other man.