Gary Flemings, 40, was found shot to death in a vacant residence in Kinloch, Missouri, in September 2019. Authorities determined multiple gunshot wounds were the cause of death. Flemings worked for a local lawn care business, and investigators say a dispute arose over missing equipment, specifically a lawnmower and a leaf blower.

In January 2020 St. Louis County prosecutors charged two men in connection with the killing: Antonio L. Taylor, identified as the lawn care business owner, and Joshua Easley, described as an accomplice. Police alleged the pair drove Flemings to the abandoned building where he was shot; both were initially charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action and held without bond.

In April 2021 the county prosecutor dismissed the murder charges after a key witness invoked the Fifth Amendment, leaving prosecutors without sufficient testimony to proceed. Easley still faced an auto tampering count and Taylor had other pending, unrelated charges. Because there is no statute of limitations on murder, the case could be reopened if new evidence appears.