On the evening of January 14, 2024, 25-year-old Keila Buckner was fatally shot inside the New York Market & Liquor on Jennings Station Road in Jennings, Missouri. She had arranged to meet a man to exchange firearms and cash. Surveillance footage shows Buckner and the man, later identified as 20-year-old Devin Macon, talking near each other while both held handguns. After Macon handed Buckner cash, footage shows him reach for her weapon; a struggle followed, Buckner’s gun discharged and struck the ground, and Macon allegedly fired his own gun, striking Buckner in the spine.

Emergency personnel arrived around 6:04 p.m. and transported Buckner to a local hospital, where she later died of her injuries. The St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons identified Devin Macon as the suspect; he was later apprehended. On April 11, 2024, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney charged Macon with second-degree murder and stealing a firearm, with bond set at $750,000 cash only.

Did anyone witness the exchange at the store or have information about events immediately before the shooting?