John Williams, 37, of Hamden, Connecticut, was fatally shot on the afternoon of December 18, 2022, while sitting in his vehicle at his grandmother’s home on North Street. Loved ones remember him as a generous man and a father to a teenage son. Emergency personnel treated Williams at the scene and he was later pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Within minutes of the shooting, officers saw a vehicle fleeing and tried to stop it on Arch Street. The driver would not stop and the vehicle crashed at the intersection of Fitch and Arch streets; detectives immediately began investigating whether the crash occupants were connected to Williams’s killing. The Hamden Police Major Crimes Division, led by Detective Gabe Garcia, conducted a long investigation and in January 2025 announced arrests in the case. Two men were taken into custody and charged in connection with the homicide.

Does anyone have information about Williams’s movements that afternoon or about the vehicle seen fleeing the scene?