On the evening of February 9, 2010, 64-year-old Joseph Ho-Jo Ferraiolo was ambushed and shot multiple times outside the rear door of his tattoo shop, A Touch of Color, on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Police responded to multiple 911 calls about gunshots; Ferraiolo was found with two gunshot wounds, taken to a nearby hospital, and died shortly after. A man working next door heard a struggle beforehand and reported seeing a woman call out in the back parking lot, while someone inside the shop said there was no problem.

Investigators pursued a possible link to motorcycle gang rivalry after learning Ferraiolo was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Connecticut chapter in Waterbury. A black pickup truck was sought in connection with the shooting. Hamden police, with Waterbury and state police, investigated but the case grew cold and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested.

Ferraiolo was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran (1962–1965) and was remembered by family and a large turnout of motorcycle club members at his funeral. If anyone has information about the shooting or saw a black pickup truck near Dixwell Avenue on February 9, 2010, please come forward.