Aaron Gant Jr., 24, was fatally shot on New Year’s Eve 2015 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The shooting occurred about 7:10 p.m. on December 31, 2015, on Grinnell Street near the intersection with Pleasant Street. Gant was a passenger in a vehicle when shots were fired from another car; he was struck in the back of the head and was driven in a private vehicle to St. Luke’s Hospital, arriving around 7:20 p.m., where he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

Prosecutors described the killing as gang-related retaliation tied to a feud between groups associated with the West End and South End of New Bedford. Two local men, Angel Acevedo and Aaron Bookman, were indicted in April 2016 on charges including murder and illegal firearm possession. In June 2018 a jury found both men guilty of first-degree murder and carrying an illegal firearm; each was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Are there details about Aaron Gant Jr. or the Grinnell Street area from that time that could help readers who remember the incident?