Thomas Peele discusses and signs "Killing the Messenger"

On the morning of August 2, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey was walking to his office at the Oakland Post, a weekly newspaper. As he reached the corner of 14th and Alice streets in downtown Oakland, a masked gunman ran up to Bailey and shot him at point blank range. A few seconds later, Chauncey Bailey was dead. Investigating police would soon uncover the motive behind Bailey’s shocking murder: it was intended to stop a story.