Mark Pappacoda, a 61-year-old lifelong New Haven resident, was fatally shot shortly after 9 p.m. on November 8, 2022 in the parking lot of the GI Package Store at 282 Ferry Street in the Fair Haven neighborhood. Officers responding to a report of a person shot found Pappacoda unresponsive; he was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital and later died of his injuries.

Police describe the shooting as occurring during an attempted robbery. Investigators recovered surveillance footage that they say shows a man in a blue hooded sweatshirt under a dark jacket attempting to rob Pappacoda and at one point holding what appeared to be a handgun. Still images and video clips of the suspect were released to the public but no arrest has been made.

The New Haven Police Department continues to treat the death as an open homicide and is asking anyone with information to contact their Investigative Services Division or submit an anonymous tip by phone or text. Did anyone in Fair Haven see or have footage of the area around 282 Ferry Street that night?