Timothy Tim Reeves, an 18-year-old white male, was killed on the morning of July 17, 2017, after an alcohol- and marijuana-fueled episode during a camping trip in woods near Nora Creek Road, east of Troy, Idaho. Witnesses say gunplay between friends escalated into a confrontation in which Reeves and 17-year-old Keagan C. Tennant pointed firearms at one another; Reeves reportedly had a .38-caliber revolver and Tennant a .30-06 rifle. Tennant fired a shot that struck Reeves in the head, killing him instantly.

After the shooting, two companions wrapped Reeves’ body in a tarp, moved it on a UTV to a more secluded location, and attempted to hide his belongings and other evidence. The firearms involved had been stolen from one companion’s adoptive father. When two juvenile witnesses reported the death the next day, Tennant and another friend fled, committing an armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver to steal a car before being captured about 10 miles south of the Canadian border. Tennant was later charged as an adult with multiple felonies including involuntary manslaughter; another participant faced charges for concealing the death and evidence.