Raheem Lynch, 24, was killed late on November 6, 2021, just steps from the Mystique nightclub on Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He had been out celebrating a new job and was struck by gunfire as he sat in a car waiting to go home. A friend drove him to St. Vincent’s Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators say the shooting began after a physical altercation inside the club between another patron and a man identified as Jaquan Jiggy Bryant, 32, of Waterbury. Bryant reportedly left the club, drove past in a white sedan and fired about six shots at the person he had fought with; Lynch was an innocent bystander who was hit by one of those bullets. Bryant was arrested November 30, 2021, and charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Family members from Jamaica attended the arraignment.

Surveillance footage and witness statements were used to reconstruct the events and to show Lynch was not the intended target. If anyone was in the area that night or has information about what happened outside Mystique, please share what is known.