A June 1, 2025 party on Centreville Road in Queenstown, Maryland, ended in gunfire around 1:15 a.m., killing 19-year-old Christopher David Parsley, III. Three people were struck; Parsley, a Centreville resident, was pronounced dead at the scene while a 28-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man were taken to Baltimore Shock Trauma. Witnesses said the shooting began after a group of uninvited individuals arrived and were asked to leave, then chaos ensued and most attendees fled, including those alleged to have been responsible.

Christopher, known to friends as C.P., graduated from Queen Anne’s County High School in 2024 and was a certified carpenter. He worked as a waterman and at Waterfront Marine in Edgewater and was remembered as a devoted son, brother, and friend who loved fishing, being on the water, and bonfires.

The Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office and federal partners opened an extensive investigation. If anyone was at the party or has information about who arrived uninvited that night, please come forward.