The Franklin, Massachusetts community was shaken on the night of October 29, 2020, when 26-year-old Deandre Akeem Scott was fatally shot inside a residence on Elwood Road. A 911 call was placed around 12:45 a.m.; officers found Scott with a gunshot wound to his chest and he was pronounced dead at Milford Regional Medical Center at 1:50 a.m. Deandre, known as Dre, was a 2012 Franklin High School graduate who attended Dean College, worked as a union carpenter, and was a father with another child on the way.

Investigators treated the incident as not random, saying the parties involved knew each other. The inquiry focused on an encounter between Scott and Marcus Thibodeau, who was living at a Wachusett Street address Scott had once lived at. In December 2020 Thibodeau was indicted on charges including carrying a gun, possession of ammunition, and two counts of misleading police; he was not indicted for murder. The Norfolk District Attorney later described ambiguities in the case and investigators concluded the shooting was likely an act of self-defense, leaving many questions about Scott’s final moments unanswered.

Did anyone in Franklin have contact with Deandre around late October 2020 or information about the events that night?