HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - An officer in Hartford was justified in wounding a suspect during an incident in Nov. 2024, the inspector general found. Inspector General Eliot Prescott on Thursday released his report on the shooting of Alexander Garay.

The investigation by the Connecticut Office of Inspector General concluded that the officer “honestly and sincerely” believed her life was in danger.

HARTFORD - Detectives arrested a Manchester woman accused of firing a shot into the air during an altercation in a Barbour Street parking lot earlier this month, according to the Hartford Police Department.

The weekend shooting deaths of two people in Hartford are being investigated as a murder-suicide, a police official said Monday. It appears Joel Martinez, 32, fatally shot Cynthia Jiminez-Pacheco, 33,

Joel Martinez, 32, and Cynthia Jiminez-Pacheco, 33, were killed in the Sunday morning incident. Hartford police believe Martinez fatally shot Jiminez-Pacheco, then turned the gun on himself, Lt. Aaron Boisvert told the Connecticut Post on Monday.

Data from the Hartford Police Department shows the amount of shooting victims in the city has gone up 3%. HARTFORD, Conn. — Data from the Hartford Police Department shows the amount of shooting victims in the city has gone up 3% in comparison to last year's data.