Randolph Paidama, a 28-year-old Black man from Hartford, was shot dead in the early hours of August 20, 2018. Around 2 a.m. the city’s ShotSpotter system detected multiple gunshots in a parking lot in the 500 block of Garden Street. Officers who arrived found Paidama suffering from several gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite medical attention.

Investigators determined Paidama and another man, Vincent Etwaroo, had been inside a vehicle together and got into an argument that escalated. When the vehicle stopped on Garden Street both men exited, and Etwaroo allegedly fired multiple shots at Paidama before fleeing the scene. A warrant for Etwaroo’s arrest was issued in June 2021, and he was later located and taken into custody in Florida in September 2021 and returned to Connecticut to face charges.

Does anyone have information about Paidama’s last movements that night or witnessed the incident on Garden Street?