On the morning of September 8, 2022, 29-year-old Christopher Andrew Postlethwait was fatally shot in west Medford, Oregon. Witnesses reported a dispute on the 200 block of Lincoln Street during which Postlethwait swung a metal hydro flask at another man. About 8:30 a.m., officers responding to gunshot reports found Postlethwait on 10th Street with a single gunshot wound near his ribs and upper stomach; he was transported to Rogue Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after 9:30 a.m.

Medford Police identified Shawn Robert Lee Conte as the suspect and opened a homicide investigation. Prosecutors initially charged Conte with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery; witness uncooperativeness became an issue during the case. Conte later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on March 18, 2024. At the time of his death, Postlethwait had been planning to enter a long-term, live-in treatment facility in Washington.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember the confrontation on Lincoln Street that morning?