On the night of December 11, 2016, 24-year-old Joseph Jo Jo Nice Gingerella was shot in the parking lot of Ryan’s Pub in Groton, Connecticut after he intervened when a man was assaulting a woman. Gingerella, described as a male of Hispanic or Latino descent, was taken to a hospital but died of his wounds.

Groton police identified 30-year-old Dante Hughes as the shooter, issued a murder warrant, and located him on the Canadian side of the U.S. border two days later; he was brought back to Connecticut to face charges. Hughes was charged with murder, assault, and breach of peace, and it was reported he illegally possessed the firearm used in the shooting. The woman who had been assaulted, Latoya Knight, later pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution for misleading police.

Gingerella’s family remembered him as caring and committed to helping others; he had also been battling addiction. Does anyone have memories of Joseph or information about that night that could add to the record?