Seventeen-year-old Brett Adkins of Plano was shot and killed on December 24, 2017, in Irving during what investigators say was a botched marijuana deal. Adkins met two suspects at Tom Landry Elementary School; one got into the back seat of his car while the other stood at the driver’s door. After Adkins showed the marijuana, the man at the door produced a gun and demanded everything. A fight followed and Adkins was shot in the chest. He was taken to Baylor Hospital in Grapevine and pronounced dead shortly after midnight on December 25.

Authorities identified the suspects as 19-year-old Areon Trevon McDade and 18-year-old Demarcus Antwon Williams, both from Irving. Investigators say a black iPhone dropped at the scene helped identify McDade, and Williams was linked by witness statements and surveillance video. Arrests were made in early January 2018 and both were charged with capital murder.

Adkins attended Plano West High School and was due to graduate in 2019. He had worked at one of his father Bill Adkins’s car dealerships and volunteered at an animal shelter; his family set up a charitable foundation after his death. Does anyone have information about Brett’s movements that evening or the meeting at Tom Landry Elementary School?