On a Sunday afternoon, July 26, 2015, Everett Scott, a 47-year-old Black man, was shot while sitting in his maroon minivan on Kenyon Court in Hartford’s North End. Police found him inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chest after responding to reports of shots fired around 2:00 p.m. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center with life-threatening injuries and later died. Authorities described the homicide as narcotics related and listed it as Hartford’s 19th homicide of 2015.

The Hartford Police Department’s Major Crimes Division led the investigation, which included processing evidence at the state crime lab and interviewing multiple witnesses. After several months, arrest warrants were issued and two men were arrested in November 2015. Phillip Williams, 27, already in custody on unrelated charges, was charged on November 5. Twenty-one-year-old Keith Hurst was located and apprehended on November 9 after attempting to flee from officers at an apartment in Wethersfield. Both were charged with felony murder, robbery, and firearm violations and held on high bonds.

If anyone knew Everett Scott, saw him on Kenyon Court that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.