Andrew Contrera was 23 when he was shot at a house party on Winspear Avenue in Buffalo in the early hours of December 16, 2007. An altercation with an unidentified man inside the home ended when the assailant opened fire, and Contrera suffered a severe gunshot wound to his stomach.

Contrera was taken to the Erie County Medical Center and admitted to the trauma intensive care unit in critical condition; he died of his injuries on December 26, 2007. The Buffalo Police Department opened a homicide investigation and sought the shooter, initially on attempted murder charges, but the assailant’s identity remained unknown.

No arrests or publicly named suspects have been reported and the case grew cold. If anyone knew Andrew, was at that party, or has information that could help bring the shooter to justice, please come forward.