Frank Navaroli, 27, was killed in Buffalo, New York, in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2019. He was shot on Pearl Street after attending a New Year’s party, and then was a passenger in a Chevrolet Malibu that crashed on Franklin Street more than half a mile away, striking a fire hydrant, a parked car, and a light pole. Police arriving at the crash scene around 2:30 a.m. found Navaroli inside the vehicle; the driver and another passenger reportedly fled before officers arrived.

Navaroli was taken to Erie County Medical Center and pronounced dead hours after the incident. His family later filed a lawsuit alleging a substantial and fatal delay in recognizing and treating his gunshot wounds, claiming police, ambulance crew, and hospital staff initially failed to identify that he had been shot and that hospital records showed no obvious injuries on initial exam. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved; Crime Stoppers is offering up to $7,500 for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone has information about the shooting, the vehicle, or the people who fled that night, please come forward.