On November 10, 2018, police in Blue Springs, Missouri, found 17-year-old Jayden Lockett dead in the basement of a home in the 1200 block of Southwest Sunset Street. He died of a gunshot wound after what authorities described as a chaotic exchange of gunfire. Two others were wounded that night: a 15-year-old taken to hospital in critical condition and a 19-year-old with minor injuries.

Court records and witness statements say Lockett arrived at the residence with another person intending to rob the occupants of money and drugs. One witness who drove them said he waited in the vehicle and later fled after hearing shots; the vehicle was abandoned at a nearby elementary school.

In January 2019 police arrested Aden J. Kaler, then a teenager, charging him with second-degree murder, attempted robbery, and armed criminal action in connection with the shooting.