On Tuesday evening, October 4, 2022, 17-year-old Wisin Resto Rodriguez, a Hispanic student at Wilby High School, was fatally shot in Waterbury, Connecticut. The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. near a multi-family home on Bishop Street, a short distance from his residence. Family members say Wisin had been watching television with them and went out to buy a soda when he was struck by multiple gunshots.

Despite being wounded in the neck, chest, abdomen, and back, Wisin climbed a fence to return to his yard and alerted a relative before collapsing. He was taken to Saint Mary’s Hospital, where he later died. His family described profound grief and suggested the attack may have been a case of mistaken identity; they were also coping with an earlier family loss in 2011 when Wisin’s younger brother was killed by a driver.

Waterbury Police Major Crimes detectives arrested four people in connection with the homicide. Nineteen-year-old Rafael Calderon was charged with murder; three juveniles — Kylle Brewer, Freddy Montalvo, and Isiah Montalvo — were charged as adults. Rafael Calderon later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and received a 15-year sentence followed by 10 years of special parole; the three juveniles also pleaded guilty to reduced charges, including Kylle Brewer pleading to carrying a pistol without a permit and third-degree larceny. Does anyone have information about that evening on Bishop Street or about Wisin’s movements before he left home?