Christopher O’Neal Odoms, known as CO and Crunch Time, was 26 when he died on November 27, 2015, in Shelby, North Carolina. He was found around 1:30 a.m. on Holmes Street in Cleveland County with a gunshot wound to the chest after a Thanksgiving party; he later died at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He was born December 14, 1988, in Cleveland County and is remembered by family for singing, dancing, sports and spending time with loved ones.

Reports note Christopher was a father and that his death occurred in the context of gang-related tensions between the Crips and the Bloods in the area. The shooting left a grieving family and community and was described as part of broader violence affecting Shelby.

If anyone has information about the night of November 27, 2015, or remembers Christopher, please share what you know.