Derrick Martin, 48, was shot and killed on Hewitt Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on January 9, 2025. The two men had been living together since the previous September.

The confrontation moved from inside their multifamily home to the front porch around 5 p.m., where French allegedly shot Martin three times in the torso. A neighbor told police that French fired without words. Martin was found bleeding on the porch, taken to Bridgeport Hospital, and pronounced dead less than an hour later. Police say French voluntarily surrendered, was arrested, and charged with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit, and criminal violation of a protective order. The apartment was reportedly in disarray with broken bedroom doors, and both men had exchanged complaints by text that day. French is being held on a $1.75 million bond as the case proceeds through the court system.