On the morning of September 28, 2024, 18-year-old Treon Johnathan Jones was shot and killed in a bedroom at a home on the 200 block of Connolly Drive in Hazelwood, Missouri. Investigators say Jones and a woman were in the bedroom when the woman’s boyfriend, Bryce Ellis, used a tracking feature on her cellphone to find the address. Ellis arrived at the house about 5:00 a.m., broke into the residence, and confronted Jones. A physical struggle between the two men ended when Ellis produced a firearm and fired three times; two bullets struck Jones and one hit the bed. The woman ran from the room and did not report the shooting; she called her mother, who contacted police around 8:00 a.m. Officers found Jones dead at the scene.

Cellphone data and the timeline place Ellis at the house for roughly five minutes, and police arrested him. He was charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and first-degree burglary.