On the evening of August 17, 2010, Jeremiah Adams, 20; Jarquis Adams, 18; and their youngest brother, 13-year-old Jean Gene Adams, were shot and killed in Keithville, Louisiana. The three African American males were inside a Chevrolet Malibu, having just pulled into the driveway of a residence on Keatchie Marshall Road, when the shooting occurred.

Investigators focused on 33-year-old Marcus Donte Reed of Shreveport, the boyfriend of the woman who lived at the residence. Reed believed the brothers had burglarized the home and stolen a video game system. A burglary had occurred at the residence the Monday before but had not been reported to police, and detectives found no evidence linking the Adams brothers to that crime. An assault-style weapon was recovered at the scene.

Marcus Donte Reed was arrested, charged with three counts of first-degree murder, convicted, and later sentenced to death; the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and death sentence. If anyone knew the Adams brothers or has information about that night, please come forward.