On the afternoon of Saturday, October 28, 2017, shots were fired in the 12800 block of East 47th Street, a trailer park area in Independence, Missouri. Two people were wounded; 29-year-old Brandan Ray Brown died of his injuries. Witnesses reported seeing a man flee the scene in a red 1995 Camaro.

Investigators identified 31-year-old Jerome T. Roberson of Kansas City as a person of interest and found the unoccupied Camaro during their search. Roberson was later arrested at a Kansas City residence on a Saturday night in November and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and armed criminal action. One of the homicide charges relates to Brown’s death; the other concerns the November 2 shooting death of Michael Cantwell in Kansas City. Prosecutors sought a $500,000 bond in each homicide case.