The killing of 18-year-old Jack Thomas Lynn Price occurred the night of Friday, January 12, 2018, at an apartment in the 100 block of Northwest Vesper Street in Blue Springs, Missouri. Two men wearing black ski masks forced entry intending to commit a robbery; during the disturbance a witness yelled for Jack to get his gun and one of the intruders shot him. Price was struck in the back and arm, taken to a local hospital, and died of his injuries. He was a recent graduate of Blue Springs South High School and remembered by friends as funny and caring.

Blue Springs police quickly identified two persons of interest after witnesses at the scene provided descriptions and one witness recognized a masked man. A cell phone recovered on the apartment’s back deck was among the evidence that led investigators to two Blue Springs residents. Within days, 19-year-old Triston D. Withers and 20-year-old Daquan M. Tolefree surrendered to police and were charged by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office with second-degree murder, attempted armed robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action. Court records show Withers acknowledged involvement in a social media message.

If anyone knew Jack, the apartment where this happened, or saw suspicious activity around Northwest Vesper Street that night, please share information with investigators.