Derrell Russell, a 33-year-old Black man from Brighton, was shot and killed in Dorchester on the evening of Saturday, August 27, 2022. Police were called at about 5:41 PM to the area of 970 Blue Hill Avenue during the city’s Caribbean Carnival; officers found Russell with a gunshot wound and he was taken to a hospital where he died. The Boston Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an active investigation and asked the public for information, including anonymous tips.

Detectives spent more than a year working the case, collecting evidence and conducting forensic analysis as they tried to reconstruct what happened that night. Does anyone who was in the vicinity of 970 Blue Hill Avenue that evening or who has information about the shooting want to share what they know?