Hartford police took a East Hartford man into custody just before midnight late Friday in connection to a March shooting in the capital city.
Police arrested Brandon Henry, 31, on multiple charges connected to the shooting that happened on March 26.
Officers responded that evening at 11:36 p.m. to 30 Hughes Street to investigate a report that someone had been shot. Police found a victim who was seriously injured and suffering from two gunshot wounds in his abdomen.
Responding officers collected "valuable information" at the scene and then the case was turned over to the department's Shooting Task Force.
Detectives identified Henry as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant on Sept. 5.
Police charged Henry with possession of a pistol without a permit, criminal possession of a firearm and first-degree assault.
Police sources also confirmed that Henry is the same man who was driving when a Hartford police officer reportedly shot and killed a teenager who was a passenger in Henry's car in a separate 2005 incident. The officer, Robert Lawlor, was working with an agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at the time when he saw Bryant get into a friend's car with a gun, the Hartford Courant previously reported. The officers approached the car and Lawlor fired five shots, killing Bryant. Henry was also shot once in the chest, according to news reports at the time. Lawlor was charged with manslaughter.
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During Lawlor's trial in 2009, Henry testified in front of a jury that he had crack in the car door by his side and didn't want police to arrest him, so he attempted to flee in his car when he saw an opportunity. He told the jury that he heard and felt a gunshot.
