Shannon Donte Crosby Sr., a 30-year-old Black man from Erie, Pennsylvania, died on January 27, 2022, after a robbery plot at a short-term rental on the 3900 block of McClelland Avenue erupted into gunfire. Investigators described a confrontation between a group from Erie and a group from Arizona who had traveled to Erie in connection with fentanyl sales. Prosecutors treated Crosby’s death as a felony murder because he was killed during the commission of the alleged robbery.

Police alleged masked individuals in dark clothing entered the rental armed and gunfire broke out inside. Crosby was later found mortally wounded in the roadway; one member of the Arizona group, Kortez L. Murray, was wounded but survived. Four people were later charged in connection with the incident: Julia D. Gaerttner, Marsea S. Jones, Jamie D. Smith Jr., and Derrick S. Wright.

Jamie D. Smith Jr., described as Crosby’s friend and accused of firing during the incident, pleaded no contest in January 2024 to third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery and received a 30-to-60-year state prison sentence under a plea agreement. Derrick S.

Does anyone have information about Crosby’s movements that day or about people connected to the McClelland Avenue rental?