Christopher D. Wright, 24, was killed after a confrontation during a drug transaction at a convenience store parking lot in Independence, Missouri, on January 1, 2023. Surveillance shows Wright arriving in a black Nissan Altima around 1:00 p.m.; a passenger later entered his car and a physical struggle broke out that shattered the front passenger window. The passenger, identified as Daqunne E. Green, left the vehicle with a firearm and fired multiple rounds into Wright’s car. Wright, shot in the lower back, stumbled into the Short Stop store seeking help and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators found shell casings and a large amount of marijuana in Wright’s vehicle and narcotics and cash where he collapsed. Cellphone evidence linked Wright to Green and indicated a planned drug sale; detectives say Green admitted arranging the meeting to buy fentanyl and described a struggle in which he took a gun and then fired. Green was arrested January 10, 2023, and charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action. Wright’s family remembered him as a Lee’s Summit High School student with a vibrant personality who loved his son and relatives.

Does anyone have information about Wright’s movements that afternoon or saw the black Nissan Altima at the Short Stop on January 1, 2023?