Colton Chad Christenson was 18 when he was killed in Topeka on January 5, 2015. A recent Seaman High School graduate and Washburn University student who worked at the Topeka Country Club, he was involved in a marijuana sale that turned violent. According to reports, a struggle broke out between Christenson and the buyer, identified as 21-year-old Kelsey Lee Fairchild of Overbrook, and Fairchild produced a revolver and shot Christenson.

After being shot, Christenson’s vehicle continued for a short distance and crashed into the front porch of a nearby house; no one inside that home was injured. Christenson was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The buyer was arrested and charged in connection with the killing, and later entered a guilty plea to reduced charges; at sentencing Fairchild apologized to Christenson’s family and received a prison term of about 27 years.

If anyone knew Colton or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.