Outside Superior Court in Milford, where the Valley's serious criminal cases are heard.
MILFORD – A 19-year-old man from Ansonia accused of murder is due back in court on Nov. 7.
Nashod Porter was 16 when he was arrested for allegedly fatally shooting 23-year-old Ivan Whyte, Jr. of Bridgeport, in the parking lot of a hotel off Bridgeport Avenue in Shelton on June 12, 2021.
Porter is being prosecuted as an adult. He is charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and carrying a pistol without a permit. All three charges are felonies.
The motive for the shooting wasn’t clear, according to The Connecticut Post, which reported on the arrest warrant in a 2022 article. Shelton police tied Porter to the crime through interviews and cell phone data, according to the newspaper.
Porter has pleaded not guilty, and his case has been on the Superior Court docket in Milford 24 times since he was arrested in December 2021.
Porter appeared briefly for a court hearing on Tuesday (Sept. 10) in front of Judge Kevin Russo.
Porter’s lawyer, Claud Chong, asked for more time to review the case to see if a “potential resolution” could be reached.
Judge Russo granted a request to continue the case until Nov. 7 but noted it’s been pending awhile.
“I’ll be coming up on three years. It’s time,” the judge said.
Porter has been held on a $1 million bond at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield since Dec. 27, 2021.
Whyte was born Jan. 29, 1998 in Bridgeport. He went to grade school at Our Lady of Assumption in Fairfield and was a graduate of Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet High School. At his homegoing ceremony in 2021, Pastor Courtney H. Williams of Refuge Temple Church of God in Bridgeport recalled holding Whyte as a baby. The pastor said Whyte was “calm, compassionate, extremely mannerly” and respectful throughout his life.
Whyte had worked as a caddy at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield for about seven years. A GoFundMe was set up after Whyte’s death to help his family. It was set up by someone connected to the club who described Whyte as “loved by all” and “one of the most humble, kind, and hardworking caddies at the club.”
The web page raised almost $20,000, nearly doubling its initial $10,000 goal.
