On the evening of January 30, 2018, 19-year-old Eric Heard was walking from his family’s home on Price Street in Bridgeport to buy food when he was ambushed and shot in the head. Officers found Heard lying in the road; he was taken to Bridgeport Hospital on life support but later died, marking the city’s second homicide of the year.

Investigators determined the killing was not random. Heard, also known as Fetti, was identified as a member or associate of the GHB/Hotz gang and was targeted in an ongoing violent feud with the rival East End gang. The case became part of a wider federal investigation into gang-related violence and drug trafficking in Bridgeport. A federal grand jury later indicted multiple East End members on racketeering charges that included murders, and one defendant was accused of shooting and killing Eric Heard.

Did anyone in Bridgeport know Eric Heard or have information about the feud that led to his death?