JACKSON COUNTY, MO. — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a homicide and asking the public for help to locate a person of interest in the case.

Aden J. Kaler, 17,  with a previous address in Blue Springs, Missouri, is a person of interest in the criminal homicide of Jayden Lockett also of Blue Springs, Missouri, according to police.

No current vehicle description is available. Kaler should be considered armed and dangerous.

If you know where we can find the subject please call the Tips Hotline at (816)474-TIPS, BSPD dispatch at (816) 228-0151 or TEXT-A-TIP to the anonymous text line. Information can be given to Detective Lange or forwarded through Crime Stoppers to the Blue Springs Police Department Intelligence Unit.