On the night of April 29, 2022, Christopher Bryant, 30, was fatally shot near Madison Avenue and Grand Street in Albany, New York. Police were called at about 11:45 p.m. and found Bryant with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the case was investigated as a homicide.

Prosecutors said the killing grew out of gang-related retribution. Bryant was identified as a member of the Bloods and accused of labeling one of two brothers, Justin Walker, as a snitch. Justin Walker and his brother Jordan McKenzie were accused of arranging the murder and of recruiting then-17-year-old Roland Riggins to carry it out. On the night of the shooting, McKenzie and Walker allegedly drove in separate cars while McKenzie circled the block to identify Bryant for Riggins, who approached and shot Bryant in the head outside a bodega.

Riggins pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received 25 years to life. After a jury trial, Justin Walker and Jordan McKenzie were convicted of second-degree murder and conspiracy; Walker was sentenced to 30 and a half years to life and McKenzie to 23 years to life. Prosecutors said the brothers recruited Riggins after Bryant began sharing documents that showed Walker had served as an informant for Albany police in 2015.

If anyone knew Bryant, the people in his life that night, or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.