On a Saturday afternoon in Providence on February 27, 2021, 19-year-old Johnjairo Brito was shot while sitting in a car on Academy Avenue shortly before 2 p.m. Struck by multiple bullets, he managed to reverse the car out of the driveway, hit a pole across the street, then pulled the vehicle back into the driveway where it struck a van. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital and pronounced dead.

Providence Police said they believed Brito had been specifically targeted rather than being the victim of a random attack. The initial investigation did not produce arrests. In October 2021 authorities announced the arrest of a 17-year-old in Massachusetts in connection with Brito’s death and indicated the suspect and Brito were known to each other; officials said they intended to seek to charge the juvenile as an adult.

Does anyone who knew Johnjairo or who was in the Academy Avenue area that afternoon have information that could help investigators?