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A man from Manchester has died after a shooting outside of a night club in Hartford overnight. Officers were called to the Lambada night club on Maple Avenue shortly before midnight after getting multiple ShotSpotter activations. When police arrived, they said they found a large crowd and 24-year-old Dominic Battle, of Manchester, was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds. Police began…

For 23-year-old Selena Pineda, the start of her week came as a shock. Not once, but twice. First, when she found herself stuck on the highway for three hours, and later, when she got a call about her gas tank. It wasn’t until she got a voicemail from the dealership, saying that her tank was filled with water. “My...

A member of a theft ring that committed more than 180 burglaries and eluded police in dozens of car chases in Connecticut and New York was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison. Josepher Cartagena, of the Bronx in New York City, appeared before a federal judge in Hartford, Connecticut, after having pleaded guilty in February to possession…

Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials began, there were witch trials and executions here in Connecticut. In fact, the first witch-hanging in all the English colonies happened in 1647 when Alse Young was hanged in Hartford. Now, there is a movement to have her, and those who were convicted, exonerated by the state. The first hanging was 32-year-old Young,…

A woman has died and a man is injured after a shooting at a party in Hartford early Monday morning. Police responded to a large party on Shultas Place around 2:17 a.m. after getting reports of a person shot. When officers arrived to the scene, they said they found a woman, later identified as 22-year-old Jayla Heaven, of Hartford, unresponsive…

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after getting injured battling a fire at a grocery store in Hartford early Monday morning. Officials said the fire broke out shortly before 3 a.m. at a building on Ashley Street. There is a grocery store called Sigourney Market on the first floor and vacant apartments are on the second floor. Crews at…

A Hartford couple killed following a dispute over a dog had their baby with them when they were shot, according to court documents. As police continue their investigation, on Thursday, a family mourned the loss of their loved one at a vigil. Family members of 39-year-old Chase Garrett promised to take care of the 4-month-old son he left behind. “He…

A man has been charged with gun possession in connection to a double homicide in Hartford that happened over the weekend. Officers were called to Franklin Avenue on Sunday around 9 p.m. after getting a report of a shooting. Responding officers found two people with gunshot wounds that were ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said one man and…

A dispute between neighbors over a dog led to the shooting deaths of two people in Hartford Sunday night, according to police. The shooting happened in the driveway of a home at 67 Franklin Avenue just after 9 p.m. Arriving officers found three shooting victims. Two were pronounced dead at the scene. The victims were identified as 39-year-old Chase Garrett…

A three-story 1800s funeral chapel in Hartford is being sold for $1. The catch? The buyer will have to move the chapel from the site.

Police found what they described as a “shopping mall” of drugs while investigating a Hartford restaurant. Hartford police and several other agencies responded to 451 Franklin Ave. and served a warrant just before 7 p.m. Thursday, police said. During a news conference Friday, police said the business had been charging a cover fee and inside they found tables of narcotics…

State police have identified the four people who died in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 84 in Hartford early Saturday morning. A Chevy Equinox was going in the wrong direction on I-84 East in the tunnel by Exit 51 in downtown Hartford around 2:45 a.m. when it collided head-on with a truck, according to state police. State police said 40-year-old…

Hartford police have identified an individual they call a person of interest as they continue to investigate the fentanyl overdose death of a 13-year-old student in Hartford. The seventh-grader overdosed while at the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy on January 13. He died two days later. Police found 40 bags of fentanyl in the school shortly after the teen overdosed….

The death of a 13-year-old student who apparently overdosed on fentanyl at his Connecticut school has drawn renewed pleas for schools to stock the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as for training of both staffers and children on how to recognize and respond to overdoses.

Mothers United Against Violence led a prayer vigil for 22-year-old Kendall Fair Saturday afternoon. The man, from West Hartford, was killed on Tuesday in a shootout in Hartford that happened at the intersection of Mather Street and Albany Avenue. Two other men were also shot and are expected to be okay. Fair’s family said they’ve felt the support through...

As Hartford police continue to investigate how three 7th grade boys got their hands on deadly fentanyl inside their school on January 13, the district announced new efforts to ensure it never happens again.

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed to his injures Saturday evening around 5:30 p.m. “Our city grieves for this child lost, for his loved ones, his…

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford is closed Friday after a 13-year-old student suffered an overdose and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to Mayor Luke Bronin. Police believe the student overdosed on fentanyl. The student remains hospitalized Friday, school officials said. School will be closed and all classes will be canceled Friday. A remote learning…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating allegations that a former Amateur Athletic Union girls’ basketball coach and basketball trainer from Hartford abused female student basketball players and they are urging any potential victims to come forward. Danny Lawhorn, 30, of Hartford, was charged Tuesday with child enticement for the alleged sexual abuse of three players. Lawhorn is accused of…

A man driving an electric scooter has died after he was struck by an evading vehicle in Hartford on Sunday morning. Officers were flagged down by a citizen who said a person on a scooter had been struck by a vehicle on Maple Avenue around 12:45 a.m. When police arrived, they said they found a 39-year-old man in a parking…