After Murder Charge, Another Family Shares Grief Over A Son's Death

NEW HAVEN, CT —Another day, another New Haven family grieving the death of a son to gun violence.

Shaquille Chazz Pearson's mother began by thanking police, "For catching my son's killer." Saying, "Justice has finally been served," she added that even with that "sense of some closure," her heart is broken.

The 29-year-old, known as Shigg, was gunned down in November 2023 and left laying in the street. He died from gunshot wounds at Yale New Haven Hospital.

"What I'm going through right now is the hardest thing a mother can ever go through. I'd see it on TV, other mother's losing their kids to gunshots ... I couldn't imagine it," she said, her voice quaking. "It's the hardest thing a mother could ever go through."

Watch the Pearson family's remarks during a Wednesday morning news conference detailing the arrest of a 19-year-old in the slaying, here:

Joseph Dominick of New Haven was charged in Pearson's murder, police said this week.

According to New Haven police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart, On Nov. 14, 2023 at around 4:30 in the afternoon, cops were called to East Pearl Street and Grand Avenue after multiple 911 calls reporting a person had been shot. Officers found Shaquille Chazz Pearson, 29, laying in the street suffering from gunshot wounds. Pearson was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Bruckhart said detectives learned the shots came from a black Volkswagen Tiguan which had been stolen from Hamden and later that same night was found abandoned in North Haven.

Case lead, Detective Christopher Stroscio of the Major Crimes Unit, secure an arrest warrant for Joseph Dominick, which was served on Jan. 15, 2025. Dominick, who was charged with murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and possession of a large capacity magazine, is being held on a $2 million bail.

Last week, the family of slain teen Daily Jackson spoke out about his murder, their grief, and forgiveness.