KANSAS CITY, MO — A Jackson County grand jury has indicted a Kansas City man in the fatal Aug. 7 shooting at a Midtown Pizza Hut, moving a homicide case that investigators say was captured on surveillance video and tied to phone and ride-share records.

Marquez Canton, 23, faces charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors had already filed those same charges earlier this month, and the indictment now places the case before the grand jury process in Jackson County.

The shooting happened late at night inside the restaurant near 39th and Main streets and left one man dead. Police later identified the victim as 40-year-old Angelo Jones.

Police say the shooting happened late at night inside the restaurant

Kansas City police were called to the Pizza Hut around 11:45 p.m. on Aug. 7 after reports of gunfire at the Midtown location. Officers found that the shooting had turned fatal, and investigators began piecing together what happened inside the restaurant.

According to the court documents referenced in the case, Canton was seen on surveillance video shooting Jones twice from behind. The location, in a busy part of Midtown, put the killing in a public commercial setting rather than a secluded area.

The police response and the video evidence became central to the early stages of the investigation, helping authorities identify a suspect and connect the shooting to a specific sequence of events inside the restaurant.

Court filing says video and records helped identify Canton

Investigators used more than one piece of evidence to identify Canton as a suspect, according to the court document. The filing says information from an Uber ride that Canton and his friends took, along with phone records, helped police link him to the case.

That combination of digital records and surveillance footage gave investigators a detailed timeline to work with. In many violent-crime cases, those kinds of records can help confirm who was present and when they arrived or left.

The case file also identifies Canton as a convicted felon, which is part of the reason he faces the unlawful possession of a firearm charge along with the murder and armed criminal action counts.

Grand jury indictment follows earlier charges from prosecutors

The Jackson County grand jury’s indictment does not change the basic charges in the case, but it does reflect another formal step in the prosecution. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office had already charged Canton with the same three offenses earlier in the month.

First-degree murder is the most serious count in the case and signals prosecutors believe the killing was committed with the level of intent required under Missouri law. Armed criminal action is commonly charged when a firearm is used during the commission of a felony.

The unlawful possession charge stems from Canton’s status as a convicted felon, according to the filing. Together, the counts outline a case that prosecutors say centers on a deliberate shooting inside the Midtown restaurant.

Canton remains jailed ahead of a November arraignment

Canton is being held at the Jackson County Detention Center while the case moves forward. His arraignment is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 10, when the court is expected to address the indictment and the formal next steps in the case.

Until then, the indictment marks the latest development in a homicide investigation that began with a late-night emergency call, surveillance footage and records review. The court process will now continue through arraignment and subsequent hearings.

In the meantime, police and prosecutors have pointed to the evidence they say connects Canton to the shooting, while the case remains pending in Jackson County court.

The Midtown killing adds to Kansas City homicide tracking efforts

The death of Jones is one of the killings included in Kansas City homicide tracking efforts that local media have maintained for years. Those databases are intended to help readers follow patterns in fatal shootings and other homicides across the metro area.

Police have not said in the case summary whether the restaurant shooting was random or whether the victim and suspect knew each other. What is clear from the filing is that investigators believe the attack happened inside a public business and that Canton was identified through multiple forms of evidence.

The case now moves deeper into the court system, with prosecutors pursuing the murder charge and the related firearm counts against Canton as the arraignment date approaches.