On the morning of October 5, 2018, 17-year-old Makayla Brooks was shot and killed while she slept on a couch in the front living room of a home in the 5500 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raytown, Missouri. Several other people were in the house at the time; no one else was physically harmed.

Investigators identified two local teenagers, 19-year-old Logan B.L. England and 17-year-old Kaci Cox, as suspects. Cox drove England to Makayla’s residence and, according to statements Cox later gave to law enforcement, showed England where Makayla lived. Cox said England entered through an unlocked back door and shot Makayla four times while she slept; Cox heard two, three, or four gunshots before England returned to the vehicle. England allegedly told others he believed Makayla had snitched on a friend and warned Cox not to tell anyone.

Both England and Cox were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with Makayla Brooks’ death.