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Police are investigating after a person was shot and killed on the Sherman Parkway in New Haven Wednesday. The mayor’s office confirmed the fatal shooting...

As City Sees 11th Homicide, Police, Mayor Vow To Curb Violence - New Haven, CT - Tuesday, a 44-year-old Waterbury man was gunned down near George and Orange streets. That killing was the 11th in the city in four months.

The time is now to create the CT Office of Community Gun Violence Prevention Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, organized a news conference in mid-April following the shooting death of a three-year old in Hartford. On Friday, she convened a joint informational committee hearing to hear about gun violence intervention and prevention. On a recent Saturday in Hartford, 3-year-old Randell Jones was shot and killed while sitting in a car with his siblings. Later that afternoon, just a mile away, 16-y...

Desperate to stop epidemic of gun violence, CT lawmakers seek answers from experts Kelan Lyons, ctmirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail State Sen. Marilyn Moore speaks during a roundtable discussion addressing gun violence held at the Burroughs Community Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 9, 2019.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media When lawmakers gathered Friday to listen to experts from hospitals and community groups about efforts to reduce gun violence in Connecticut’s cities, there were no cal...

Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport, organized a news conference in mid-April following the shooting death of a 3-year old in Hartford. On Friday, she convened a joint informational committee hearing on gun violence intervention and prevention. When lawmakers gathered Friday to listen to experts from hospitals and community groups about efforts to reduce gun violence in Connecticut’s cities, there were no calls to defund the police. But there were no calls, either, to give police more money. Ins...

Published April 24. 2021 11:25PM  By DAVE COLLINS HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are looking to reduce racial inequalities in the states criminal justice system and curb gun violence through several bills that have been approved by legislative committees this year. The proposals include erasing many criminal convictions that disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic residents compared with whites; attempting to make jury pools more diverse; and expanding the states “red flag” l...

Justice bills aimed at reducing racial inequality in CT DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are looking to reduce racial inequalities in the states criminal justice system and curb gun violence through several bills that have been approved by legislative committees this year. The proposals include erasing many criminal convictions that disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic residents compared with whites; attempting to make j...

ERASING CONVICTIONS Supporters of this year’s “Clean Slate” legislation say it could be one of the session’s most impactful bills, potentially helping thousands of people who face difficulties finding work and housing because of criminal convictions. The bill calls for automatically erasing misdemeanor convictions seven years after guilty findings and certain lower-level felony convictions 10 to 12 years after guilty findings, excluding family violence crimes and sexual assault offenses...

FOX61 Exclusive: Aunt of Randell Jones reacts to the arrest of her nephews alleged shooter Jones was shot and killed two weekends ago on Nelson Street and his family has been reacting to the news. Author: Carmen Chau Updated: 6:56 PM EDT April 20, 2021 HARTFORD, Conn. — Hartford Police announced the arrest of 19-year-old Jaziah Smith on Monday in connection to the alleged murder of 3-year-old Randell Jones.  Jones was shot and killed two weekends ago on Nelson...

Feds: East Hartford man sentenced on gun offense FacebookTwitterEmail A file photo of a judge’s gavel.Getty Images / Contributed Photo EAST HARTFORD — A local man was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for being in possession of a gun and ammunition as a previously convicted felon, according to prosecutors. Judge Vanessa L. Bryan in Hartford sentenced 25-year-old Dionte Wilson to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, officials siad. Investigator...