Just shoot me’: Teen allegedly told man with gun before innocent bystander was shot dead

A teenager yelled “just shoot me” at a man who was allegedly pointing a gun at him during a confrontation that resulted in an innocent bystander being shot, a jury has heard.

Connor Whitehead, 16, was shot dead at the party in the northern Christchurch suburb of Casebrook on November 5, 2021.

Two men, Daniel Nelson Sparks and Joshua David Craig Smith, are charged with murdering Whitehead.