Makhi Mazon was 17 when he was shot on the evening of July 31, 2023, on Newport Drive in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was found with gunshot wounds to his chest, taken to a local hospital, then transferred to Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, where he died on August 8, 2023.

Waterbury police identified three suspects in the shooting. On August 10, 2023, 23-year-old James Davis of Bridgeport was arrested. Soon after, 26-year-old Ronald Scott of Waterbury was taken into custody. The third man, 24-year-old John Birdsall of Waterbury, was apprehended in Indiana and extradited to Connecticut in December 2023. Prosecutors allege the three were driving together that night, looking for people to target; after seeing Mazon and another teenager, one of the men opened fire, reportedly believing the youths looked suspicious and might be tied to a prior grievance. Ronald Scott and John Birdsall face charges including murder, and James Davis is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, among other offenses. The cases are proceeding through the court system.

Did anyone in Waterbury know Makhi Mazon or witness what happened on Newport Drive that night?