DeMarkus Pleasant, 24, was shot and killed in a Kansas City convenience‑store parking lot on June 5, 2023. The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of Paseo Boulevard after what witnesses described as a heated argument. Pleasant was sitting in the back seat of a white sedan when another man, later identified as 25‑year‑old Christopher Lockett, reportedly exited the vehicle and opened fire. Surveillance footage shows a man firing into a parked Nissan Altima, then dragging a body from the back seat out through the driver’s side door and leaving it on the pavement before getting into the car and fleeing.

Officers arriving on scene found Pleasant with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the location. A search warrant at a Blue Springs residence led to the arrest of Christopher Lockett. He was charged with second‑degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, and stealing a motor vehicle, and was held on $250,000 bond. If anyone has information about Pleasant, his last movements, or the events at the Paseo Fast Stop that night, please come forward.