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Jonathan Aranda, 19, was shot in the backyard of a home at 14 Clinton Avenue in New Haven in the early hours of Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Police responded at about 1:07 a.m. after reports of a shooting and found Aranda in cardiac arrest with a gunshot wound to his chest; he was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital and pronounced dead roughly half an hour later.

Investigators placed more than a dozen evidence markers in the street and interviewed witnesses. They were probing whether the shooting was a drive-by; a light green or gray Honda Civic or Accord was seen speeding away toward Grand Avenue after the gunfire, but no suspect descriptions were released. A man later drove a red Honda Civic through the police tape and was apprehended and charged with offenses including reckless driving; police did not name him as a homicide suspect but treated him as a person of interest.

Family described Aranda as hardworking and well liked, and said he had no known problems with anyone. No arrests or formal suspect identifications have been publicly announced in connection with his murder. Did anyone in the New Haven area see a light green or gray Honda in the neighborhood that night or have information about what happened?