On the night of June 7, 2020, 29-year-old Robert Lee Joines of New Haven was shot in the 1300 block of Quinnipiac Avenue. At about 10:10 p.m. police and firefighters found a large crowd in a parking lot; Joines was located inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The shooting happened outside 1378 Quinnipiac Avenue and was reported as New Haven’s fourth homicide of 2020.

New Haven detectives canvassed the area and appealed to the public for information. Authorities have not publicly identified suspects or announced any arrests, and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone saw activity in the 1300 block of Quinnipiac Avenue that night or has information that could help the case, please come forward.