On the evening of September 5, 2014, police in Kansas City, Missouri, were called to a home in the 7400 block of East 118th Terrace after reports of a shooting. Officers found 45-year-old Sherrill Collins fatally shot on a couch; he had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The person who reported the shooting stayed on the front porch and was identified as 37-year-old Christopher S. Deboe.

Deboe admitted to officers that he had shot Collins, saying the confrontation stemmed from jealousy after he heard rumors, following his recent release from prison, that Collins was sleeping with his wife. Deboe told police he disarmed Collins before turning the weapon on him, then called 911 and reported the struggle.

Deboe was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. A Jackson County jury found him guilty on both counts in June 2015 and he was sentenced to life in prison for Collins’ murder.