On the evening of June 3, 2006, 19-year-old Sean Hill was fatally shot in Norwich, Connecticut. Hill had gone with a friend, Justin Smith, to an apartment at 60 Boswell Avenue; Justin entered to complete a $13 drug purchase while Hill waited outside. Inside, Justin was ambushed by two men, Bruce Gathers and Gregory Smith, who assaulted him and attempted to rob him. Justin escaped the apartment and, as he ran, a gunshot struck Hill in the abdomen. Hill died shortly afterward.

Initially Gathers and Gregory Smith were convicted and sentenced for the robbery of Justin Smith, but not charged in Hill’s killing due to insufficient evidence. Years later the Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Unit obtained new witness testimony, including an account of a physical altercation between Gathers and Hill just before the shot was fired. Arrest warrants followed; Gregory Smith was arraigned on murder charges in August 2010, and Gathers was charged after extradition. In March 2013 Gathers pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and received 10 and a half years plus special parole; Gregory Smith was also convicted of manslaughter.

Does anyone have memories of that night at 60 Boswell Avenue or information that could shed light on what happened?