On the evening of April 11, 2024, 16-year-old Christopher M. Gates III was found with a gunshot wound in the 15100 block of Broadwater Way in the Timsberry Terrace area of Chester, Virginia. A 5:37 p.m. call brought Chesterfield County Police to the scene; officers rendered aid and Gates was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Family members remembered him as a lively firstborn and expressed grief and concern about youth violence. An online memorial collected many virtual candles in his memory.

Investigators continued the homicide probe for weeks. On June 6, 2024, authorities announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male taken into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. The juvenile was charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and underage possession of a firearm, and was being held at the Chesterfield Juvenile Detention Home while the investigation continued.

If anyone has information about Christopher or the events on April 11, please come forward to assist the investigation.