In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, March 19, 2016, a double shooting in Hartford’s North End left two men dead. William Ward, 33, and Jeffery Vail, 28, were seated in a parked car on Martin Street around 2 a.m. when an unknown assailant approached and opened fire. The city’s ShotSpotter system registered about thirteen gunshots and officers found both men gravely wounded in the vehicle.

William Ward sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Jeffery Vail, struck multiple times in the torso, also died of his injuries. Detectives from the Major Crimes Division canvassed the area and followed leads after appealing to the public, but no suspect has been publicly identified.

The investigation is described as open and active. If anyone has information about what happened on Martin Street that night, investigators would welcome tips.