On November 6, 2016, 21-year-old Gary Mike Duff-Turcotte of Stoneham was shot and killed near Ferry and Chelsea Streets in Everett during what police described as a drug deal gone wrong. Duff-Turcotte had driven there with his girlfriend to sell marijuana and had told her he feared being robbed. A man identified as 27-year-old Keith Herring of Boston entered Duff-Turcotte’s car and, when Duff-Turcotte hesitated, reportedly held a gun to his neck. A second man, identified as 26-year-old Clifton Gumbs of Everett, approached the driver’s side wearing a ski mask. Herring allegedly shot Duff-Turcotte in the chest; Duff-Turcotte ran from the car but collapsed and was pronounced dead at Cambridge Health Alliance Everett Hospital.

Authorities say Herring, who was on GPS monitoring for a separate case, was arrested the next day and charged with murder, armed robbery, carjacking, and unlawful possession of a firearm. Gumbs was later arrested on the same charges. Gumbs’ aunt, 40-year-old Nicole Charla Woods of Everett, was charged as an accessory after the fact and accused of lying to a grand jury and helping hide his cell phone. Did anyone in the area see the meeting or the car leaving that day who hasn’t spoken to investigators?