On the evening of October 30, 2020, a porch conversation in Waterbury, Connecticut, ended when a single gunshot struck 38-year-old Anthony Banks of Middletown. Banks was visiting a friend at a Madison Street residence; just before 10:30 p.m. he collapsed after being shot in the back. His friend found him bleeding and called for help. Emergency personnel transported him to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:06 p.m.

Detectives from the Waterbury Police Department and the department’s Crime Scene Unit opened an investigation. Authorities have continued to ask the public for information, and as of the latest update there have been no arrests and no publicly identified suspects. Family and community members remember Banks as a loyal, loving man with a kind heart and a beaming smile who acted as a big brother to many.

If anyone knew Anthony, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known with the police.