On a late summer evening in New Haven, Connecticut, the life of 36-year-old Tyree McCrea was tragically cut short. On August 30, 2016, shots rang out on Dewitt Street, forever altering the lives of a local family. Responding to a call at approximately 10:42 p.m., police discovered a grim scene. McCrea had been shot multiple times. He was rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries about an hour later.
McCrea was not the only victim that night.
Alongside him, 25-year-old Dyshant Levi Mclean of Hamden was also found with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators in the New Haven Police Department were quick to state their belief that the double homicide was not a random act of violence. They asserted that both McCrea and Mclean were the intended targets of the shooting. In the immediate aftermath, police indicated that they were pursuing "several strong leads" and had recovered two firearms.
In the days that followed, a portrait of Tyree McCrea emerged as a devoted family man. His sister described him as a loving husband and father to his five children, a man who was a protector, a provider, and a friend to all who knew him. He had been looking forward to his children's first day of school and the start of his son's football season. His sudden and violent death left his family and community reeling from the loss.
Despite the initial promising leads, the investigation into the murders of Tyree McCrea and Dyshant Levi Mclean has not led to any publicly announced arrests or the naming of any suspects. A subsequent shooting on the same street in September of that year was investigated for a possible connection to the double homicide. However, the two individuals wounded in that incident were reportedly uncooperative with police. The case of who killed Tyree McCrea and Dyshant Levi Mclean remains unresolved, leaving a painful void for their loved ones who still await justice.
