In the early hours of Sunday, September 2, 2018, a house party on Hillside Avenue in Hartford turned deadly when multiple shots were fired into a yard crowded with dozens of people. Kevin Campbell, a 34-year-old Black/African American man from Windsor, was struck several times and taken to Hartford Hospital, where he died of his injuries. Another attendee, 28-year-old Joshua Steele of Hartford, also died; a third person suffered a gunshot wound to the foot.

Police treated the scene as a targeted attack by what they suspected was a single shooter, but investigators encountered a lack of cooperating witnesses. Hillside Avenue was closed for hours as detectives worked the case. Family, friends, and community members held a vigil and appealed for information, yet no arrests have been made and the identity of the shooter or shooters remains unknown.

Does anyone who was at or near that party, or who remembers seeing something that night, have information that could help bring answers to Kevin’s family?