“Do you really think that these children who have been exposed to this violence believe that there is a future for them?” asked Sen. Marilyn Moore, D-Bridgeport.
Days after a 3-year-old child and a 16-year-old boy were killed in separate shootings in Hartford, Sens. Marilyn Moore, Gary Winfield and Doug McCrory demanded Wednesday that the state fund community programs that stop cycles of violence and trauma in Connecticut’s cities.
“What we are seeing in our cities is a slow, banal mass killing,” said Winfield, D-New Haven. “And this state is doing almost nothing about it.”
Winfield and other members of the legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus rejected the notion that Connecticut doesn’t have enough money to tackle the problem, pointing to President Joe Biden’s proposal to allocate $5 billion to anti-violence groups dedicated to reducing gun violence and to the money that would flow into state coffers if lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana and sports
New details emerge in Hartford fatal shooting
According to court documents Brandon Spence who was killed has a lengthy criminal background dating back to 2005. Author: Gaby Molina Updated: 6:27 PM EST January 7, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. The organization Hartford Communities That Care spent Thursday morning handing out resources to people in the Enfield Street area after a shooting involving an FBI Task Force.
Members of the FBI Violent Crimes Gang Task Force were there Wednesday morning to execute an arrest warrant for 33-year-old Brandon Spence. He was charged with violating the conditions of his supervised release.
According to court documents Spence has a lengthy criminal background dating back to 2005. Members of the task force were able to take him into custody, but police say another person who has not been identified, was killed while exchanging gun fire with the task force. Friends and family of that person spent time creating a memoria