On the evening of January 6, 2023, 41-year-old Charles Miller, a Black man from West Haven, was fatally shot in New Haven, Connecticut. The shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. in the parking lot of the New Haven Inn on Pond Lily Avenue. New Haven’s ShotSpotter system registered the gunfire and a caller reported that someone had been shot.

Police found Miller with gunshot wounds and medics transported him to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died. The New Haven Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit and Bureau of Identification processed the scene and collected ballistic evidence. Early in the inquiry investigators described the shooting as a targeted attack; the investigation was ongoing and no arrests or named suspects had been announced.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help, contact the New Haven Police Department. Who saw anything that night or knows more about Charles Miller’s movements before 8 p.m.?