In the pre-dawn hours of August 11, 2017, 21-year-old JaJuan Benavides of Naugatuck was shot multiple times on Anson Street in Derby, Connecticut and died after being taken to a hospital. Police responded to reports of shots fired just before 2 a.m. Witnesses said an individual dressed in all black and wearing a mask chased Benavides down Anson Street from Sixth Street toward Fourth Street and shot him three times. Benavides had been carrying a handgun for protection and fired once before the weapon jammed; witnesses heard him shout Chill! as he ran.

Initial witnesses at the scene were reluctant to cooperate, and the investigation stalled until jailhouse information, surveillance video, cellular data, and physical evidence produced leads. Authorities identified Jacob Freeman, known as Jewla, of Ansonia as the shooter and charged Rhameir Bush of Bridgeport as the lookout and getaway driver; police say Bush dropped Freeman off and Freeman ambushed Benavides while he sat on a stoop with others.

Does anyone have information about Benavides’s movements that night or saw activity on Anson Street before or after the shooting?