In the early morning hours of Saturday, August 21, 2021, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Chicopee neighborhood on the 500 block of Center Street. Shell casings littered the scene when officers arrived around 1:36 a.m. The victim, 28-year-old Hispanic male Luis Vazquez of Springfield, did not remain at the shooting location; he arrived at Baystate Medical Center’s emergency room by private transportation with a serious gunshot wound and died eight days later on August 29, 2021.

The Chicopee Police Department, the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, and the Hampden DA’s Murder Unit are handling the investigation, which remains open. Authorities have asked the public for help and specifically requested information about a Lexus 400H that was reported in the vicinity of Center Street around the time of the shooting. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about the Lexus 400H, who may have been driving it, or any other details about that night, please contact the Chicopee Police.