On the evening of January 30, 2024, a vehicle that had driven erratically through the parking lot of Bertie’s Restaurant on North Main Street in Waterbury, Connecticut, and into the backyard of a nearby home came to a stop. First responders found the driver, 38-year-old Keno Williams of St. James, Jamaica, inside the car with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in critical condition and died there on February 6, 2024; the investigation was treated as a homicide.

Police identified a suspect known to Williams and arrested 18-year-old Angela Bodden-Mitchell on February 3, initially charging her with criminal attempt at murder, first-degree criminal attempt at robbery, and conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery. Authorities later said a second suspect, 17-year-old Desire Aitken, was the alleged shooter and was wanted on an active arrest warrant listing attempted murder, first-degree assault, carrying a pistol without a permit, and conspiracy to commit robbery. Bodden-Mitchell pleaded guilty to murder in the commission of a felony and received a 27-year prison sentence.

If anyone has information about Desire Aitken’s whereabouts or witnessed the January 30 incident at Bertie’s Restaurant, please share what is known.