On the afternoon of June 19, 2025, 24-year-old Damontre Tayshon Burnett, known to friends and family as Money, was shot and pronounced dead at the scene in a church parking lot on West Rudisill Boulevard in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Multiple 911 calls led medics to the scene and the Fort Wayne Police Department opened an immediate homicide investigation.

Investigators say the meeting had been arranged to buy shoes. A 17-year-old, Kaedan Mowery, arrived with his sister and a friend in a black Ford Focus. According to witness statements and court filings, after Mowery handed over money Burnett allegedly produced a handgun and tried to rob the vehicle occupants, ordering them to strip. Mowery is accused of drawing a firearm and shooting Burnett; surveillance footage shows a person fleeing from the car, Burnett falling from the rear driver’s side door, and an arm extending from the vehicle as it sped away. Police located the Ford Focus in Ossian, recovered two firearms Mowery’s sister said he hid, and arrested Mowery on a murder charge.

Does anyone have information about the meeting or the people involved that could help clarify what happened?