Christopher Lamont Bender was 19 when he was shot and killed in the early morning of November 3, 1991, in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was sitting in his blue Mercedes-Benz outside the Crescent Court housing project with his 17-year-old cousin, Jesse Starks, when three hooded men approached and fired 21 shots into the car. Bender shielded his cousin; Starks was uninjured, while Bender was struck by four bullets in the back and one in his elbow and later died at a local hospital.

Investigators tied the attack to a prior dispute. Two weeks earlier Bender had argued with Stephen Sticks Fernandes, and Fernandes subsequently threatened Bender and his cousin. On the night of the murder Fernandes and associates armed themselves and looked for Bender. Multiple people were arrested; court records show seven individuals faced charges. Three were convicted of first-degree murder, three (including Timothy Lucas and Eroy Kindell) were convicted of second-degree murder, and one was convicted as an accessory after the fact.

If anyone knew Christopher, Jesse, or has information about those who took part in the attack, please share what is known.