Dante Jones was killed in North St. Louis on November 28, 2014. He was 29 and died amid a string of violent incidents in the city that night. Investigators later tied his killing to a larger criminal enterprise operating in the area.

Federal and local authorities determined Jones was targeted as part of enforcement actions by a St. Louis drug trafficking organization led by Adrian Lemons. Maurice Woodson, a St. Louis resident linked to that organization, was identified as the gunman who carried out the shooting. Woodson admitted his role in the killing and in carrying out another murder, and federal prosecutors charged him in connection with the trafficking ring and related violence.