On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve 2014, 20-year-old Jeff Antoine was fatally shot in the chest in Hartford, Connecticut. Police were called about 3:15 p.m. to the area of 1545 Main Street for what was initially reported as a car accident involving a Honda. Officers found Antoine unresponsive in the vehicle and he was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he died a short time later. The shooting was counted as Hartford’s 19th homicide of that year and investigators from the Major Crimes Division secured the scene near Belden Street.

In the days after the killing, it was reported that Antoine was known to law enforcement and was a target of an FBI drug-task force investigation; authorities said he faced potential federal gang and drug charges with a possible minimum sentence of 10 years. If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what is known.