On the afternoon of October 9, 2024, 21-year-old Niygere Wicker was shot while riding a dirt bike at the intersection of Ferry and Wolcott streets in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood. Witnesses said a vehicle appeared to be pursuing him before gunfire erupted. Emergency calls began at 12:03 p.m.; officers found Wicker with gunshot wounds and he was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives established a crime scene and identified a suspect vehicle linked to the shooting, but the identities and motives of the people inside that vehicle remain unknown. No arrests have been announced and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about the vehicle, the people involved, or the events leading up to the shooting, contact New Haven police detectives.