CT NAACP to Investigate Redding Lawyer's Death

The Connecticut NAACP, along with a Redding man’s family, are calling for an investigation into whether the Ethiopian-American attorney was murdered, according to the CT Law Tribune.

Redding Police found 35-year-old Gugsa Abe Dabela on April 5, 2014 at 1:40 a.m. with a single gun shot wound to the head after flipping over his SUV. Police and the state medical examiner’s office said he took his own life. Police found a semi-automatic handgun in the vehicle.

Scot X. Esdaile, president of the Connecticut NAACP, said America has a “long deep-rooted history of blacks being found dead at the side of the road by racist people.” He also stated that Redding is 95 percent white.

“It’s the duty of the NAACP to make sure things are handled right and in accordance with the laws of this country,” Esdaile said.

According to the CT Law Tribune, Redding Police Chief Doug Fuchs said investigators from the department spent hundreds of hours investigating the attorney’s death.

The NAACP is planning a press conference in front of the Redding Police Department on Aug. 5, 2015.

Click here to read more on the CT Law Tribune’s website.