On July 26, 2017, 28-year-old Jorden Williams was shot in a parking lot on Sumner Street in Hartford. Williams was with a female companion when she saw a man peering around a corner; after Williams suggested they leave she fled and heard a single gunshot. Williams suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police later identified a suspect, Javon Boderick, then 35 and a Hartford resident. The woman who had been with Williams identified Boderick from a Facebook photograph as the person she saw before the shooting. Another witness said Boderick had confessed, citing a prior altercation with Williams while both were incarcerated, which investigators treated as a possible motive. An arrest warrant was issued and on January 10, 2020 Boderick was taken into custody and charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm.

Does anyone have information about Williams, the people he associated with, or the events on Sumner Street that afternoon?