A burst of gunfire shattered the afternoon peace in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood on May 21, 2020, at the corner of Lloyd and Wolcott streets. Roberto Rivera, a 34-year-old Hispanic man, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound to his head, was taken to the hospital, and died the following morning. Two other men were wounded in the same triple-shooting; their injuries were described as non-life-threatening.

Police treated the shooting as a targeted attack and believed Rivera was the intended victim. Rivera managed to make his way partially up Lloyd Street before collapsing. Authorities said they had several promising leads and urged the community to come forward; the homicide was New Haven’s fourth of the year.

The New Haven Police Department continued investigating for more than a year. On October 30, 2021, an 18-year-old male was arrested in connection with Rivera’s death; because he was 17 at the time of the shooting his name was not publicly released. He was charged with murder, two counts of first-degree assault, and carrying a pistol without a permit. Did anyone in Fair Haven see or hear anything that afternoon that could shed more light on what happened?