Darrell Boston Stokes-Young was 24 when he was shot inside a residence in the 600 block of Elm Street in New Haven at about 1:30 a.m. on July 3, 2019. He was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital but died of his injuries. The New Haven Police Department opened a homicide investigation; the shooting was the city’s fifth homicide that year.

Known as Baby D or Boston, he was born April 24, 1995, in Boston and graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in 2015. He played basketball on a full scholarship at SUNY Sullivan Community College, worked at Walmart and Yale New Haven Hospital, and was a father. Friends and family gathered outside the Elm Street home to mourn, saying they were shocked and did not know why he would be targeted.

No arrests or suspects were publicly identified as the investigation continued. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please share what is known with investigators.