Jaden Jonathan Connor was a 17-year-old from Manchester, New Hampshire, described as quick-witted, athletic, a basketball player who liked writing rhymes and rapping, and a devoted father, son, brother, and grandson. On the night of July 14, 2020, at about 11:35 p.m., Manchester police found Jaden on Central Street, between Beech and Maple Streets, with a fatal gunshot wound to the trunk. The New Hampshire Associate Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide.

Police said the shooting appeared connected to a robbery and a home invasion and identified the incident as stemming from a marijuana deal at 276 Central Street. Authorities arrested 21-year-old Isaiah Rivera-Perez in Tewksbury, Massachusetts; he was returned to New Hampshire and charged with second-degree murder after saying three armed people, including Jaden, had entered his home and he fired in self-defense. Prosecutors disputed that account, and a jury ultimately found Rivera-Perez not guilty of murder in March 2022. No one has been convicted in Jaden’s death and the case remains unsolved.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Manchester Police Department Detective Unit at (603) 668-8711. Would anyone who knew Jaden or was in that area on the night of July 14, 2020, please come forward with what they remember?