Samuel Hooks, a 44-year-old Black / African American man, was fatally shot on Dorman Street in New Haven shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2018. The city’s ShotSpotter system alerted police to gunfire; Hooks was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, the city’s tenth homicide of 2018.

Investigators immediately asked the public for help and urged anyone with information to contact the detective bureau.

If anyone remembers being in or near Dorman Street that evening or has information about this shooting, please contact the New Haven detective bureau.