Clifton CJ Burgess-Williams Jr., 26, was fatally shot on the evening of December 22, 2022, in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The shooting followed days of violence in which Breon D. McRae, 34, allegedly assaulted and strangled his girlfriend, who is Burgess-Williams Jr.’s sister. Clifton had defended his sister, which led to a confrontation with McRae.

On the night of the shooting, after a verbal altercation, McRae contacted Pacqi S. Lassiter, 29, of Trenton, New Jersey. Surveillance footage and cellphone data place Lassiter traveling to McRae’s home; the two then went to Lenora Avenue, where Burgess-Williams Jr. was sitting in a parked car with his sister, brother, and a friend. At approximately 8:39 p.m., eight shots were fired into the vehicle. Burgess-Williams Jr. was struck and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Reports say he yelled for the other occupants to duck, an action that likely saved their lives.

Bucks County detectives used surveillance footage, cellphone data, and witness testimony in the investigation, and the case was presented to a Bucks County investigating grand jury, which recommended charges in June 2023. McRae had been arrested in January 2023 on charges related to the earlier assault and, while incarcerated, reportedly tried to intimidate the victim into not cooperating with detectives.

If anyone has information about the events on Lenora Avenue that night or knew Clifton, please share what is known.