$20,000 Reward Offered In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Student Daily Jackson

NEW HAVEN, CT — A reward of $20,000 is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the Dec. 3 homicide of 17-year-old high school student Daily Jackson, police said.

The reward is being offered by an anonymous donor and is not being offered through the New Haven Police Department or State’s Attorney’s office, although both are aware and have no objections.

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It was around 6:40 p.m. that Tuesday, when cops were called to Shelton Avenue and Huntington Street for a report of a shooting. When they got there they found "a male victim lying in a driveway suffering from a gunshot wound." Given immediate medical aid, he was rushed to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died, police said.

Police notified his family and identified the boy as 17-year-old Daily Jackson.

His fatal shooting was the third homicide in the city in the past few weeks, and the second slaying of a Riverside Academy teen, police said.

On Nov. 22, 16-year-old Uzziah Shell of New Haven was shot in the area of Goffe and Hudson streets in the Dixwell section of the city just after school dismissal time, and later died from his injuries.

A passing school bus with kids inside was struck by a stray bullet, but, as police noted, "The bus driver acted quickly and stopped several blocks away from the scene; no children on the bus were injured and members of the Yale Child Study were dispatched to assist with them."

People with information can call detectives at 203-946-6304, use the department's anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477), or submit information use the QR code below:

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