On January 20, 2014, a 20-year-old Black / African American man named Durrell Patrick Law was shot in the chest in the parking lot of the Fairways Apartments on Eastern Street in New Haven, Connecticut. He stumbled into the street about 1 p.m.; a passer-by stopped and tried to help, but Law’s wound proved fatal and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the city’s first homicide victim of 2014.

Durrell was a father to a young son and had been active in high school sports, including track and football; friends and family remembered him as a good man who liked goofing around. Investigators later determined the killing occurred during a robbery, and in June 2016 four people were arrested and charged, including 24-year-old Joel Alexander and three juveniles, on counts that included felony murder, murder, first-degree robbery, and firearms offenses. One juvenile defendant, Damarquis Gray, was tried; in October 2018 a jury acquitted him of murder but convicted him of felony murder, attempted first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, and carrying a pistol without a permit.

If anyone knew Durrell or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what is known with New Haven police.