Trevor McCrainey, a 22-year-old Long Beach resident, was shot and killed on March 7, 2017, after a road rage confrontation that began when his car lightly struck another vehicle at a Louis Burgers drive-thru on Atlantic Avenue and Sixth Street. The collision turned into a high-speed chase that ended in an alley near Broadway and Atlantic Avenue. The other driver, Joseph Jeremy Bronson, exited his vehicle and opened fire on McCrainey and his girlfriend, Erika Flores. McCrainey was found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the upper torso; Flores was shot in the chest and survived with serious injuries.

Bronson, then 25 and also a Long Beach resident, was arrested about a month later and charged with murder and attempted murder. At trial his defense said McCrainey was the aggressor and Bronson acted in self-defense; prosecutors argued Bronson escalated the confrontation and was responsible for the fatal shooting. A jury convicted Bronson of both counts and he was sentenced to 72 years to life in prison. McCrainey’s mother, Sylvia Frazier, described him as thoughtful and funny; Flores described the trauma of surviving and seeing McCrainey slumped lifeless in the car.

Are there witnesses or local readers who remember the March 7, 2017 chase or events near Atlantic and Broadway that day?