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On the evening of August 8, 2014, 15-year-old Jacob Craggett was shot and killed at the intersection of Vernon Street and Davenport Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Jacob, a Black teenager about to start his sophomore year and a defensive tackle for Hillhouse High School, was in a car with his 23-year-old brother Joshua, the driver Timothy Jones, and another passenger when two assailants opened fire. Jacob emerged from the backseat to help his wounded brother after the initial shots struck Joshua and Jones; he was then struck in the back and died. Joshua survived serious injuries and spent two weeks in the hospital.

The family had faced a previous killing at the same intersection a decade earlier. Lamont Edwards was arrested in June 2015, convicted by a jury in December 2016 of murder, two counts of first-degree assault and other charges, and in March 2017 was sentenced to 85 years. Reports indicate a second gunman has not been identified or charged.

Does anyone have information about the second shooter or memories of that intersection on that night?