On the afternoon of October 9, 2023, 15-year-old Jordan Luna was killed in a drive-by shooting on Nelton Way in Hartford, Connecticut. First responders were alerted by ShotSpotter and 911 calls; Jordan was found unresponsive, taken to Saint Francis Hospital, and pronounced dead. Police described the attack as targeted.

Jordan, born November 28, 2007, in Providence, Rhode Island, was a student who had been attending Achievement First High School and was transitioning to Hartford Public High School. Family remembered him as vibrant, goofy, and big-hearted; his grandmother Ana Betancourt called him very sweet. Neighbors set up a memorial with candles on Nelton Way where children had been playing just before the shooting.

Hours after the killing, a sport-utility vehicle believed linked to the crime was found burning. Hartford Police Department’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions are investigating; the shooting was the city’s 32nd homicide of the year. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

If anyone knew Jordan or has information about what happened on Nelton Way that afternoon, please come forward to the Hartford Police.