Christopher Chaney, 38, was shot and killed on the morning of November 10, 2021, in the 3800 block of Jennings Station Road in Pine Lawn, a suburb of St. Louis. Chaney was able to identify his shooter before he died, and that identification quickly focused the North County Police Cooperative on a suspect.

Seventeen-year-old Kevin Fields was taken into custody the same day. Investigators recovered surveillance video showing a dark-colored Chrysler 300 speeding from the scene; police found a Chrysler 300 nearby and a matching key fob on Fields. A gun seized from Fields was ballistically matched to a shell casing from the shooting. Fields was certified as an adult in May 2022 and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action, held on a $750,000 cash-only bond.

By November 2024 a jury found Fields, then 20, guilty of second-degree murder and armed criminal action and recommended 15 years plus 3 years to run consecutively. Sentencing was scheduled for December 2024. Did anyone in Pine Lawn see the Chrysler 300 that morning or know more about the vehicle’s movements?