On June 21, 2023, 25-year-old Christopher Knox Lil Chris Wery was fatally shot inside a residence on Eastway Drive in Dallas, North Carolina. Police found Wery with gunshot wounds just after midnight; he was taken to CaroMont Regional Medical Center and died shortly thereafter.

Prosecutors say Wery and a friend had been at the home of 24-year-old Nicholas Max Tallent. When Wery called his mother to come pick him up, Tallent allegedly fired six shots through his bedroom door, three striking Wery. Tallent was arrested later that day and charged with second-degree murder; he was held in Gaston County Jail on a $500,000 bond and posted bond on June 22, 2023. Wery’s mother, Angela, has said she wants answers and believes a wrong turn she made while driving to pick him up may have prevented her arriving in time.

The investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or was in that neighborhood that night, please come forward.