More than 100 people gathered in front of a North End bodega Monday evening expressing their grief, frustration and fear after a 3-year-old boy was shot dead on the same corner two days earlier on a bloody day in a Hartford neighborhood that has long grappled with gun violence.
PD: Shootings that killed 3-year-old, 16-year-old are related
Police continue to try and track down the suspect or suspects responsible.
A vigil has also been planned for 3-year-old Rondell Jones. It’ll happen on Nelson Street at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Police said Rondell was the unintended target of Saturday’s shooting. The whole incident was caught on city cameras.
City leaders vowed that justice will be served.
“[It’s a] sad tragedy of a young innocent kid, life being taken away,” said Thomas Lumpkin of Hartford.
There is anger and heartache as the capital city mourns the death of Rondell.
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Detectives continue to work tirelessly to find the people who gunned down two boys, ages 16 and 3, in separate weekend shootings in Hartford, police say.
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