On October 17, 2019, three people were shot to death in the 4500 block of South Benton Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Forty-year-old Larry Barnes was found lying in the street; nearby a home yielded the bodies of Brandy Jones, 38, and Larona Jones, 42. Officers on patrol heard gunfire and discovered the victims.

Police arrested two people at the scene. Officers observed 35-year-old Lynnsey D. Jones entering a vehicle while carrying a rifle and took the weapon. A 43-year-old man, later identified as Victor Sykes, fled on foot and was captured; reports say Sykes was on parole for a prior murder conviction. Investigators say the killings grew out of a drug transaction and that an argument broke out on the porch between Sykes and Barnes, after which a witness heard a command to shoot followed by multiple gunshots.

Both Lynnsey D. Jones and Victor Sykes were charged with three counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.