Alleged Killer to 911: 'Somebody's going to get killed'
“You got a promise,” Webber Gilmer said to the 911 dispatcher, “somebody’s going to get killed right now.” Within minutes, 28-year-old Brian Harrell was murdered.
That morning, in the apartment Gilmer, 55, rented to him, Harrell, his wife, and brother were removing their possessions. Harrell owed Gilmer rent, so Gilmer quickly put a stop to the move, confronting them angrily and making them leave the premises. Gilmer, it seemed, apparently planned on holding their “stuff” as collateral.
Harrell left, but he returned later that day. When his key wouldn’t fit into the newly installed lock, he took his boot to the door, forcing his way in. Gilmer apparently felt his hand had been forced.
Knowing he was going to committ a crime, Gilmer dialed 911 before confronting Harrell again. Caught on tape and exhibited as evidence during a July 7 preliminary hearing before Platte County’s Judge Gary Witt, Gilmer readily identifies both himself and the victim in a chilling call to dispatch.
“I need the police over at 8211 NW Everton,” Gilmer said. “I’m getting ready to kill somebody.”
“Why are you getting ready to kill somebody?” the 911 dispatcher asked.
“They kicked in my door,” Gimer responded.
“Who kicked your door in?”
“A Brian Harrell.”
“Okay. And why did Brian do that?”
“Because he’s a fool.”
The dispatcher tried in vain to keep him on the phone, but an increasingly agitated Gilmer only asked that an ambulance be sent to the location.
“This is a done deal,” Gilmer said.
Within moments, Gilmer had marched to the apartment he owned and, according to Platte County Prosecutor, brandished a gun at Harrell before shooting him multiple times. Officers from the Platte County Sheriff’s Department and the Kansas City Police Department found Harrell dead at the scene.
Kansas City police arrested Gilmer at the scene. Police later found a gun in his garage matching the caliber of shell casings found allegedly used in the shooting.
If convicted of first degree murder, Gilmer’s sentence would be life in prison without parole. He remains in custody in lieu of a $1 million cash bond.