On the evening of May 17, 2014, 44-year-old Otis Lee Powell Jr. was shot near the doorway of TJ’s Custom Designz at 465 Winthrop Avenue in New Haven. Police responded about 9:43 p.m.; Powell suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body and was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses reported three masked individuals, armed with illegal firearms, driving a stolen vehicle and fleeing the scene. Investigators have said they believe Powell’s killing may be connected to an earlier shooting about half an hour before, in which a 26-year-old man from West Haven was wounded on Oak Ridge Drive. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone witnessed the events near Winthrop Avenue that night or has information about the stolen vehicle or the masked suspects, please share what is known with New Haven authorities.