A New Year’s Day shooting on Route 15 in Hamden left Adrian Lopez dead and another passenger fatally wounded. At about 2:23 a.m. on January 1, 2023, state troopers found Lopez, 23, a Black man from Bridgeport, in the driver’s seat with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle’s other occupants were also struck—22-year-old Qualon Wilkes was critically injured and later died, 20-year-old Taquan Donald suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and 25-year-old Mark Dunbar was uninjured.

The Connecticut State Police Central District Major Crime Squad investigated, and a stretch of Route 15 near exit 60 was closed for several hours. Friends and family remembered Lopez as a talented Bassick High School basketball player; Wilkes was a substitute teacher in Bridgeport. Authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident and have asked the public for help, including dashboard camera footage from the area around the time of the attack.

Does anyone have dashcam footage or information about Route 15 near exit 60 around 2:23 a.m. on January 1, 2023?