On April 22, 2017, Christopher Stewart Phillips, 38, of Waynesville, North Carolina, was shot six times and killed by his friend and neighbor, 29-year-old Justin Scott Fuller. Phillips had texted Fuller earlier asking for a ride to a store. When Fuller arrived he encountered Phillips and Phillips’ girlfriend arguing; witnesses gave differing accounts of what happened next, but within moments Fuller got out of his car and shot Phillips six times.

Fuller told police he acted in self-defense, saying Phillips grabbed his arm and continued coming at him. Phillips’ girlfriend disputed that account, saying there was no altercation before Fuller emptied his pistol into Phillips. Fuller then went to his home, told his wife, called his grandmother, and surrendered to police without incident.

Fuller was charged with murder, later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and was sentenced to 15 to 19 years in prison. Phillips’ mother, Deborah Phillips, addressed the court in a letter describing her son as kind and mourning his loss. Does anyone have information about Phillips’ movements that day or witnessed the moments before Fuller arrived?