Edward Duey Haslam, 41, was shot and killed in Hartford’s north end on October 3, 2009, after leaving the Vibz nightclub. While seated in his car he was approached by two men who tried to rob him; when he resisted their demand for money he was shot. The assailants stole $700 and a cell phone before fleeing. Haslam was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Born July 22, 1968, Haslam — known to many as Duey — was a 1986 graduate of East Hartford High School and worked in construction for A & A Asphalt of Coventry. A passionate musician who rapped and sang, he recorded two albums in his early thirties with a group called Four Black Faces. His family had already suffered another murder a decade earlier when his brother Malcolm Howard was killed.

Hartford police investigated the killing and, with the Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, identified suspects; one man already in custody on an unrelated charge was arrested and later charged and convicted in Haslam’s shooting. Anyone who knew Edward or has information about that night is asked to come forward.