Investigation into 2009 North Preston homicide ongoing: N.S. RCMP

Jerell Aaron Wright is pictured. (Courtesy of Nova Scotia RCMP)

An investigation into the 2009 homicide of 19-year-old Jerell Aaron Wright is ongoing, according to a news release from Nova Scotia RCMP on Wednesday.

On May 13, 2009, around 10:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of shooting at 16 Clarence St. in North Preston, N.S.

“Jerell Aaron Wright was standing in a shared driveway when shots were fired from a passing moving vehicle, striking him,” said the RCMP.

Wright was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Investigators believe he wasn’t alone in the driveway and wasn’t the intended target of the shooting.

“We believe there are people in the community who know what happened,” says Sgt. Tanya Chambers-Spriggs in the release. “Now is the time to come forward – your information, no matter how minor it may seem, could be the key.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the RCMP/HRP Integrated Criminal Investigation Division Major Crime Unit at 902-490-5020.

Wright’s homicide is also a part of the province’s Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes Program, offering up to $150,000 for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Anonymous tips can be submitted online to Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers or by calling 1-800-222-8477.

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