David Christofer Reynolds II was 27 when he was killed on June 9, 2018, following a road‑rage confrontation on Missouri Highway 249 in Jasper County. Reynolds was driving a 2012 GMC Terrain when another motorist, 26‑year‑old Christopher David Montz of Neosho, driving a 2016 Toyota Scion at a high rate of speed and claiming to have been cut off, activated strobe lights and both drivers pulled onto the shoulder. Montz then fatally wounded Reynolds with an automatic pistol.

Montz was arrested and initially charged with first‑degree murder. He later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In January 2021 Reynolds family members — his father, his widow Amanda Reynolds, and her children — filed a wrongful death suit against Montz in Jasper County Circuit Court.

If anyone witnessed the June 9, 2018 confrontation on Highway 249 or has information about what led up to it, please share what is known.