On June 27, 2015, 41-year-old James Headen was fatally shot in the head while attending a youth basketball tournament near the Sarah Rawson School on Holcomb Street in Hartford. The shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m.; Headen was taken to St. Francis Hospital and died of his injuries. Two other men were wounded but not fatally — Justin Jones, 23, shot in the hip, and Shawn Patterson, 24, hit in the hand. Witnesses reported hearing roughly four shots and several 911 calls captured the chaos.

Police arrested 23-year-old Roosevelt Holmes of Windsor at the scene; he had a gunshot wound to his foot. Investigators say the dispute that led to the shooting arose over a pair of stolen sunglasses and that Holmes was not a participant in the tournament. Holmes was initially charged with first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and criminal possession of a firearm; after Headen’s death the charge was upgraded to murder and bond was raised to $2.5 million.

If anyone was at the tournament or has information about the altercation over sunglasses, please come forward.