Howard Lewis, 40, of nearby Hamden, was killed in New Haven on July 14, 2020. He was sitting in a parked car on Munson Street to pick up his child from a hair appointment when gunfire erupted. Lewis was struck in the chest and died after being taken to Yale New Haven Hospital; his death was recorded as New Haven’s 10th homicide of 2020. He was not the intended target, and his death came one day before his son’s 10th birthday and seven days after his own 40th birthday.

New Haven police later identified a suspect and in December 2020 announced an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Jaison J. Flowers of New Haven, charging him with murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Investigators say Flowers fired two shots at another vehicle, missing the intended target, and that one of the bullets fatally struck Lewis. At the time the warrant was issued Flowers was already incarcerated for a probation violation.

Does anyone have information about Lewis, his family, or that evening on Munson Street that could help clarify what happened?