On the night of October 6, 2018, Jesse Young III, 27, was shot and killed after a dispute near the 2300 block of East 9th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, close to Ninth and Olive. Officers arrived about 11:30 p.m.; Young was found at the bottom of steps near a residence and was pronounced dead at the scene. Neighbors and witnesses described an argument between two men that moved outside and escalated to gunfire.

Police identified Marlawn D. Betts as a person of interest and took him into custody. Jackson County prosecutors charged Betts on October 9, 2018, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Prosecutors reported that Betts told investigators Young threw a backpack and swung a punch, and that Betts fired two shots and left; they added that officers and witnesses found no evidence Young had a gun.

Did anyone in the Kansas City area see or hear anything that night, or have information about the confrontation near Ninth and Olive?