On October 9, 2023, 40-year-old Christopher Andrew Fenty was shot and killed while seated in his vehicle at Fort Fisher Historic Park near Kure Beach, North Carolina. Fenty, born in Barbados and a naturalized American citizen, was a musician and business owner. Multiple rounds were fired; Fenty was struck several times and one bullet passed through his car, striking a second person in the head who was left in critical condition.

Authorities arrested 32-year-old Adrian Hall Jr. in connection with the shooting. Hall faces charges of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, and two counts of discharging a firearm into occupied property and is being held without bond at the New Hanover County Detention Facility. The motive has not been disclosed and investigators continue to examine the circumstances around the attack.

Fenty’s family and community remembered him as a gentle, hardworking, generous family man; a visitation was held October 25, 2023, and a funeral service October 26 at Masonboro Baptist Church. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Christopher, please share what you know with the investigators.