On the morning of Friday, October 21, 2022, 54-year-old Raymond Lewis was shot at the intersection of Wethersfield Avenue and Elliott Street in Hartford and later died at a hospital. Officers arrived after a report of a shooting around 3:40 a.m.; Lewis was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The Hartford Police Department identified him as a resident of Wethersfield Avenue.

Raymond Lewis was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to the United States in 1978. He attended Rawson Elementary, Fox Middle School, and Weaver High School in Hartford. A chef by trade, he worked as a head chef at several Hilton Hotels in the Hartford area and was described as a cherished son, brother, and uncle. The shooting was the city’s 32nd homicide of 2022. The Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions are investigating, and no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about Raymond’s shooting or was in the area that morning, please share what you knew.