On the morning of January 20, 2022, Riley Youngblood, 23, was found slumped over the wheel of his 2020 Chevrolet Silverado on U.S. Highway 40 in Independence, Missouri, after the truck came to rest in a wooden median. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head, and the pickup was riddled with bullet holes. Youngblood was transported to a local hospital and died four days later on January 24, 2022.

Surveillance footage showed Youngblood in a minor crash with another pickup shortly before 8 a.m., then both vehicles traveling together briefly before the other truck sped away as its passenger-side window was rolled down. Investigators followed a tip to an auto body shop and identified a pickup registered to 32-year-old employee Joshua A. Mongold. Police later found the truck on wooded property in Cross Timbers and recovered a .40 caliber pistol; ballistics matched the weapon to bullets from Youngblood and his truck. On February 11, 2022, Mongold was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.

If anyone witnessed the traffic incident or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.