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A 17-year-old girl was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Big Y supermarket in Worcester, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning, police said. They didn’t share what’s believed to have led to the shooting or if anyone has been taken into custody, but said it didn’t appear to be random. The shooting was reported about 2:47 a.m. at the...

The parents of actor Alicia Witt were found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she hadn’t heard from them in several days and asked a relative to check on them.

The death of a man found in Bridgeport early Saturday morning is under investigation by police. Emergency officials said they received a call from a citizen around 12:30 a.m. reporting a man hunched over on the bleachers behind a field on the 1000th block of Boston Avenue. When firefighters, police and medics arrived to the scene, they said the man…

A teenager is dead after they were shot in their car on Martin Street in Hartford Sunday evening, according to police. Authorities said they responded to a Shot Spotter activation at approximately 5:40 p.m. Officials said 17-year-old Juan Bautista Garcia was found dead inside a parked car in the area of 258 Martin St. The shooting is under investigation. Hartford…

EnCon Police are investigating after a body was found floating on the Connecticut River in Haddam Sunday evening. Officials with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said passing boaters reported a jet ski adrift at approximately 4:45 p.m. Police arrived at the scene about 10 minutes later and recovered a body from the water shortly after. EnCon Police said…

Police have identified the woman who was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead after being pulled from a river in Trumbull Thursday night. Officials said a Bridgeport woman was found unresponsive in Pequonnock River between White Plains Road, also known as Route 127, and Quarry Road. The woman was later identified as 41-year-old Nylkia Hernandez. The State Medical Examiner determined…

A woman was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead after being pulled from a river in Trumbull, police said. Officials said a 41-year-old Bridgeport woman was found unresponsive in Pequonnock River between White Plains Road, also known as Route 127, and Quarry Road. People in the area saw the woman in the water and called police. Authorities responded to the…

Waterbury police have arrested a man charged with murder after a deadly shooting over the weekend. Kyshone Jackson, 45, is accused in the death of 24-year-old Devante Echols, who was found with a gunshot wound to the head when police responded to a weapons call on Bronson Street Saturday. Echols was treated on scene and taken to a nearby hospital…

Waterbury police are investigating after a man was shot and killed Saturday night. Officials said they responded to a weapons complaint around 8 p.m. in the area of 19 Bronson St. When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head. The man was treated at the scene and ultimately transported to a nearby hospital where…

Two people are facing animal cruelty charges after animal control removed 56 animals, cats, living and dead, from a Wolcott home in May. Norman Michaud, 61, and Jaime Langdeau, 45, are both facing animal cruelty charges after an investigation that began in May. According to the arrest warrant, police said they responded to a home on Spring Street on May…

One suspect is under arrest and police have issued a warrant for a second suspect in the shooting death of Sylvia Cordova, the Hartford grandmother who was killed while cooking dinnner in her home.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said the 13-year-old found dead in the basement of a Manchester apartment complex was strangled and her death is being ruled a homicide.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said the 13-year-old found dead in the basement of a Manchester apartment complex was strangled and her death is being ruled a homicide. Family has identified the 13-year-old as Zaniya Wright. She was found in the apartment complex on Friday morning hours after her mother reported her missing, according to police. Officials with…

The community in Manchester is grieving the death of a teenager who was found in an apartment building basement.

The community in Manchester is grieving the death of a teenager who was found in an apartment building basement.

A 13-year-old was found dead in the basement of a Manchester apartment complex on Friday morning hours after her mother reported her missing, according to police. Family has identified the 13-year-old as Zaniya Wright. Her mother contacted police at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and reported her missing, police said. The 13-year-old was found dead at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the basement…

The family of the grandmother shot and killed while cooking dinner in her apartment in Hartford last week is pleading for justice. They are hoping someone comes forward and helps catch the shooter. Days after the passing of the beloved grandmother, members of her family and others gathered for a vigil to remember Sylvia Cordova. “It’s more so shock,...

Family, friends and community members and filling Sisson Avenue for a vigil to honor Sylvia Cordova, who was the unintended victim of gun violence in Hartford earlier this week.

Police have identified the 23-year-old man that was shot and killed at a hotel in Shelton late Saturday night. Police responded to the Marriott Residence Inn at 1001 Bridgeport Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. for the report of someone shot in the hotel’s parking lot. Officers said 23-year-old Ivan Whyte, of Bridgeport, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to…

Tahj Hutchinson, who has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his wife, Jessica Edwards, was held on $1.5 million bond after facing a judge Monday.