Michael Joseph Brown, a 20-year-old Black man from Meriden, Connecticut, was fatally shot during an eruption of gunfire in the early morning hours of October 3, 2020. Police were called around 2:40 a.m. to the Citgo gas station at 54 South Broad Street after reports of shots fired; two people with gunshot wounds arrived at MidState Medical Center and Brown died of his injuries. The other wounded person, Khalil Kelly, was struck in the leg and survived.

Police described the incident as a gang-related exchange of gunfire between rival groups in the gas station parking lot rather than a random attack and reviewed scene evidence and surveillance footage to determine who fired. Investigators later charged Josaun Munoz (August 2021) and Khalil Kelly (October 2021) on assault- and firearm-related counts; the publicly reported charges did not include murder or manslaughter. Munoz later pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree assault for his role in the shooting and to separate robbery charges.

Who in Meriden remembers seeing activity at the Citgo that night or who can help clarify who fired the fatal shot?