A late-summer drive-thru argument in Fenton, Missouri, turned deadly on September 4, 2020. Seventeen-year-old Dominic Williams-Wood was shot and killed after a dispute that began when he was flirting with a Steak ’n Shake employee. The employee’s boyfriend arrived, an argument followed, and the boyfriend left in a silver van. Williams-Wood followed the van for several miles while the two vehicles exchanged shouting.

The cars stopped in front of a driveway where the van had pulled in. An individual near the van reportedly fired two or three shots toward Williams-Wood’s car; as he tried to drive away, additional shots struck him. Williams-Wood crashed into a fence and was found slumped over in his car with a gunshot wound to his side and pronounced dead at the scene. Two friends who rode with him fled before police arrived.

Police investigation identified 30-year-old Cartez McKire Jr. of High Ridge, who was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action and held without bond. Did anyone who knew Dominic or who was in that area that night see the chase or the stopping point in front of the driveway?