On the evening of January 13, 2024, 21-year-old Markese Gleghorn was found shot inside a Honda Odyssey in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on 87th Street Parkway in Lenexa, Kansas. Police responded to an armed disturbance call at about 7 p.m.; officers attempted life-saving measures but Gleghorn was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 24-year-old man, Dmariea V. Avance, called 911 from a nearby apartment complex shortly after police arrived and told the dispatcher he had been involved and had shot someone in self-defense. Officers met Avance and his father at the apartment; the father told police the firearm used was inside their home. The Honda Odyssey where Gleghorn was found was registered to Avance’s father, and Avance was taken into custody the same night.

Investigators say the meeting between Gleghorn and Avance had been arranged for a drug transaction: court documents and text messages reportedly show Avance agreed to sell Gleghorn a quarter-pound of marijuana for $600. Surveillance footage from the McDonald’s shows Gleghorn arriving, walking toward the van, and shortly after a person exiting the vehicle and running away. Avance was charged in connection with the shooting and later entered a no contest plea to an amended charge of second-degree murder in November 2024; sentencing is scheduled for February 2025.

Did anyone in the Lenexa area see Gleghorn that evening or notice the Honda Odyssey in the parking lot?