Incident

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    7-15-2023 Connecticut Hartford 2-3

    Location

    July 15, 2023

    541 Maple Ave
    Hartford, Connecticut

    Participants

    • Type: Victim
    • Name: Alondra Vega-Martinez
    • Age: 17
    • Age Group: Teen 12-17
    • Gender: Female
    • Status: Killed
    • Type: Victim
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Armed Robbery
    • Name: Carlos Frank-Nieves
    • Age: 33
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Injured, Arrested
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Armed Robbery
    • Name: Elexer Orta
    • Age: 29
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Status: Unharmed, Arrested
    • Type: Subject-Suspect
    • Relationship: Armed Robbery
    • Name: Joseph Vargas-Mercado
    • Age: 25
    • Age Group: Adult 18+
    • Gender: Male
    • Status: Killed

    Incident Characteristics

    • Shot - Wounded/Injured
    • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
    • Home Invasion
    • Home Invasion - Resident killed
    • Home Invasion - Resident injured
    • Home Invasion - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
    • Home Invasion - subject/suspect/perpetrator injured
    • Defensive Use
    • Defensive Use - Victim stops crime
    • Defensive Use - Crime occurs, victim shoots subject/suspect/perpetrator
    • Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
    • Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
    • Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found
    • Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

    Notes

    ALT: 165 Wethersfield Ave. V1 shot in apartment. Shootout after attempted robbery.

    Guns Involved

    3 guns involved.

    • Type: Unknown
    • Type: Unknown
    • Type: Unknown

    District

    Congressional District: 1
    State Senate District: 1
    State House District: 4