On December 8, 2021, James Michael Johnson, 35, and his younger brother, Marcus Thibodeau, 27, were shot outside the Diamond Inn on Grafton Street in Worcester after being denied re-entry when the bar had already announced last call. Police say one of the brothers knocked on a window; witnesses reported hearing a man make a threat, and both men were found on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds. Emergency crews transported them to a local hospital, where both were pronounced dead.

Worcester police later identified a suspect. In April 2022, 37-year-old Christopher Burns of Worcester was arrested and charged with two counts of murder; surveillance footage is reported to have shown someone running to a vehicle and leaving the scene. At arraignment not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf and he was held without bail. The brothers had been celebrating Thibodeau’s 27th birthday that night; Thibodeau was also on bail at the time in an unrelated shooting case.

Were there witnesses or surveillance angles that haven’t been discussed publicly that could clarify what happened outside the Diamond Inn?