Anthony Luna was 24 when he was shot and killed in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the pre-dawn hours of February 17, 2018. Police found him inside a Mercedes-Benz at the intersection of O’Connell and Fay Streets; he was taken to Lowell General Hospital and pronounced dead. Two men who fled the scene were quickly stopped and identified as 21-year-old Christian Tripp-Kirwin and 21-year-old Joseph Luna, the victim’s cousin. Both were found with a firearm not linked to the homicide and were arrested on firearms charges; Joseph Luna had also been treated for a gunshot wound to the elbow.

After more than a year with the case unsolved, a grand jury returned an indictment and, in March 2019, authorities arrested 22-year-old Joseph McGillicuddy of Lowell and charged him with Anthony Luna’s murder along with weapons and assault counts. McGillicuddy pleaded not guilty and was being held without bail. All of the men involved were reported to know one another.

If anyone knew Anthony or has information about what led to the shooting, please share what is known.