On the night of October 28, 2022, a Halloween party on East Myrtle Street in Bellingham, Washington, ended in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Xyrone March-Walker. He was shot in the chest during an altercation on the front porch just before midnight. Witnesses and first responders attempted to save him but he died at the scene. He was a father to a six-year-old daughter.

The confrontation involved another partygoer, 22-year-old Brian A. Pantoja, with whom March-Walker reportedly had a dispute a week earlier. After the porch altercation, Pantoja allegedly fired at point-blank range, then fled with friends. Pantoja was connected to a white Dodge Charger involved in an earlier hit-and-run that evening; police located the car, used K-9 units to track him to a nearby apartment, and arrested him as he tried to leave. He was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on charges of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, and bail was set at $5 million. Detectives continue to gather evidence and witness statements from those at the party.

If anyone at the gathering or nearby that night has information about what happened on the porch or saw the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.