The mother of a Manchester man who was partially paralyzed in the double shooting outside Domino's Pizza on the West Side six years ago wants the shooters to now face homicide charges in the wake of her son's death two weeks ago.

Anthony L. White Jr., 26, died Feb. 5, prompting the Attorney General's Office to open an investigation the next day to determine whether his death was in any way linked to the bullet that damaged his spine on March 11, 2006.

White's mother, Dorothy Stewart of Manchester, said she believes his death was definitely the result of the shooting because of all the medications he needed to take in the intervening years.

He was hospitalized for a year after the shooting, Stewart said.

“If my son didn't get hit with a bullet, he would still be alive today,” Stewart said.

By all accounts, White was an innocent bystander in the brazen shooting that shocked the city.

Two men were sentenced to long prison terms in connection with the shootings of White and a passenger in his car, Nathaniel Addo-Gyang, who survived nine bullet wounds that night.

But it was Addo-Gyang that Damien K. Young was after. Court records reveal Young, now 27, was out to get him because he believed Addo-Gyang had stabbed him years before.

Young and Ian Maranda, 29, opened fire in the parking lot, riddling the car with bullets, while White, Addo-Gyang and another man sat inside. Young and Maranda both remain in State Prison for Men in Concord and didn't respond to a request to speak with them.

Authorities told Stewart they are waiting for blood test results before determining whether the shooting contributed to her son's death, she said.

White's case was recently added to a list of death investigations the Attorney General's Office has been keeping confidential until after the investigations are closed.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin wouldn't confirm White's death is being investigated. Manchester Police Capt. Nick Willard confirmed the death investigation was opened.

Strelzin did say an investigation into the unrelated death of a Manchester man that was kept confidential until it was closed two weeks ago will again be reopened. The family of Timothy Kraus, 48, called Manchester police last week with information that warranted a second look, Strelzin said.

“They made claims that their brother's death was the result of foul play or was suspicious,” Strelzin said.

Strelzin previously said Kraus' death two years ago was reinvestigated after a third party — not a family member or friend — expressed suspicions in December.

Kraus died after suffering blunt chest trauma with rib fractures, he said. The medical examiner couldn't determine whether the injuries were caused by a fall or foul play.

Willard said a Sunday News article last week about identities being withheld in some death investigations, including Kraus' case, prompted the call to police.

“In light of the news story, we received information that has prompted us to look into new information that was received,” Willard said.

Manchester police may also be asked to further investigate the death of Anthony White, Willard said.

It will be up to the Attorney General's Office “to assess whether the information they get from the autopsy is enough to support additional criminal charges against the two perpetrators.”

Willard responded to Domino's parking lot six years ago the night White and Addo-Gyang were shot.

“It was a particularly chaotic scene,” Willard said. “The vehicle was in the middle of the street riddled with bullet holes. One man was on the ground and another was trapped inside.”

There were shell casings everywhere, he said.

Neighbors tried to help the injured men until ambulances arrived, he said.

“If the autopsy gleans any information that (White's) death can somehow be attributed to the shooting, that's up to the attorney general whether to support an upgraded charge,” Willard said.

Former Hillsborough County Attorney Debra Walsh, now a federal prosecutor, said: “The evidence showed (White) was an innocent bystander. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Walsh described White as a young man who wanted to become a parole officer, but got caught in a dispute between Addo-Gyang and the shooters.

“The evidence showed the two shooters intended to shoot (Addo-Gyang), and tragically, one bullet ricocheted and hit Mr. White, causing a very serious, permanent injury,” Walsh said.

White was a Manchester Memorial High School graduate who had taken college courses online, his mother said.

Stewart said her son had just visited her before he died, laughing and talking with the family. The night he died, Stewart said she woke up in a cold sweat at 2 a.m. Fifteen minutes later, she got the call that her son was dead.

White's girlfriend, Jessica Acevedo, and his children, Nevaeh and Kyren, are grief-stricken, too, Stewart said.

Both shooters should be charged with killing her son, Stewart said.

“He was such a sweet boy,” she said. “He was an innocent bystander.”

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