Christopher Hockaday, 31, was killed on July 14, 2017 amid a turf dispute between rival drug trafficking organizations in Baltimore. The confrontation erupted at a gas station at Baltimore Street and Hilton Avenue when members of Hockaday’s group, the Abington Avenue DTO, clashed with a rival crew over sales territory; a member of the rival group shot and killed Hockaday. Reports identify the shooter as Deontae Emmons, an enforcer for the Baccwest ETG Crips.

Hockaday’s death prompted immediate retaliation. On July 17, 2017, Cortez Weaver, an associate of the Abington Avenue group, returned to the same gas station and fatally shot Maurice Finney in the head at close range; surveillance footage captured the killing and the attempted murders of two other people. Weaver later pleaded guilty in February 2020 to possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime that resulted in Finney’s death. Emmons was found murdered outside a food market on May 23, 2020; reports say he had been ostracized by his gang after discussing its activities with his girlfriend, but any connection to the original feud remains unclear.

Did anyone who knew Christopher or who worked near Baltimore Street and Hilton Avenue in July 2017 see or hear anything that could shed more light on the confrontation?