Manchester police have arrested two suspects in a shooting on Oak Street in Manchester on Tuesday.
Police said the shooting was not a random act and might have been in relaiation for a stabbing at 235 Oak St. ron Sept. 21.
Police responded to a report of gunshots on Oak Street around 2:30 p.m. Witnesses told officers that several suspects in a tan Ford Escort fired shots at a home and then sped off. No one was injured in the shooting.
A short time later, a Manchester officer spotted the suspects' vehicle outside a home on Main Street in the area of Haynes Street, according to police. A perimeter was set up around the home and police went inside and arrested the suspects.
On Wednesday afternoon, police identified the suspects as Danny Cartagena Jr., 21, and Danny Cartagena, 38, both of Manchester.
During the stabbing on Sept. 21, two victims suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
Danny Cartagena Jr. was charged with conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, xonspiracy to commit reckless endangerment and possession of cocaine.
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He was held on a $250,000 bond and will be arraigned today.
Danny Cartagena was charged with reckless endangerment in thye first degree, conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, unlawful possession of a firearm, illegal discharge of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a permit, criminal possession of a firearm, possession of less than 4 oz marijuana, possession of marijuana within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of marijuana with intent to sell
and operating a drug factory.
He was held on a $500,000 bond and will be arraigned today at GA12.
