On the evening of July 15, 2005, 20-year-old Mario O. Ferreira was shot near his home in Hartford’s South End and later died at Hartford Hospital. Ferreira, born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, had lived in Hartford for about five years and was a student at the Hartford Adult Education Center.

The Hartford Police Department opened a homicide investigation but encountered immediate challenges: no eyewitnesses, few leads and limited physical evidence. No arrests were made and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case remains open and cold, a continuing loss for his parents, Donald and Doreen Ferreira, a brother and two sisters.

If anyone knew Mario, witnessed activity in the South End on July 15, 2005, or has information that could help the investigation, please share what you know.