passage: By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:58 EST, 13 August 2013 | UPDATED: 11:58 EST, 13 August 2013 A mother claims the man who fatally shot her son left her voicemails saying he deserved to die. Curtis Shaver, 51, was killed when he was shot by Richard Kropp, his friend of 30 years, in Kansas City, Kansas. Kropp, 56, claims he fired in self-defense on his front yard after Shaver came at him with a walking stick during an alleged 4am argument on July 23, according to Fox 4. Carole Thrasher claims she has been called by Richard Kropp, who shot dead her son Curtis Shaver, telling her he deserved to die
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  Carole Thrasher claims she was called three times by Richard Kropp
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  Kropp, from Kansas, killed her son Curtis Shaver during alleged argument
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  Claims he fired in self-defense after Shaver came at him with walking stick
query: I’m @placeholder’ mother and he did not deserve to die.'
entities: Carole Thrasher Curtis Shaver Daily Mail Fox 4 Kansas Kansas City Kropp Richard Kropp Shaver