On the evening of October 22, 2021, Craig McDonald Jr., a 20-year-old from Randolph, Massachusetts, was fatally shot after a high school homecoming football game in Everett. The shooting occurred about 7:57 p.m. near Revere Street and Second Street while McDonald sat in his parked car with two friends. A man approached the driver’s side and opened fire. McDonald’s friends drove him to CHA Everett Hospital Emergency Department, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators from the Everett Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office identified 19-year-old Michael J. Stanton of Chelsea as the shooter, alleging the motive grew from a social media conflict and that Stanton and others had been watching McDonald and his girlfriend at the game before following him to his car. Stanton was arrested on October 26, 2021, and arraigned on a murder charge on October 27, 2021, held without bail. Two other men were later arrested: 18-year-old Luiz M. Perlera of Lunenberg, initially charged as an accessory after the fact and later upgraded to murder, and 19-year-old Andre Clarke of Randolph, charged with accessory after the fact and witness intimidation.

Was anyone at the game or nearby that night aware of hostile activity beforehand or did anyone see the moments leading up to the shooting?