Reply(1) Christopher Strickland, 33, was charged in Barnstable Superior Court with first-degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license and several other charges. (Shutterstock) MASHPEE, MA — A North Carolina man was held without bail after prosecutors said he killed a New Bedford man in a Mashpee shooting over the summer. Christopher Strickland, 33, was charged in Barnstable Superior Court Thursday with first-degree murder, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building, improper storage of a firearm, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit murder, the Cape Cod Times reported.