A late-evening shooting on Westland Street in Hartford left one man dead and two others wounded. Just before 11 p.m. on September 22, 2023, officers were sent to 34 Westland St. after a ShotSpotter alert. Inside a vehicle they found 29-year-old Denzel Bell, a Black/African American man from Hartford, with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead.

Police describe the incident as a drive-by shooting, with shots believed fired from a passing vehicle. A woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s were also shot and treated for non-life-threatening injuries; authorities have said they do not believe those two were the intended targets. The Hartford Police Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions are handling the investigation. No motive or suspects have been released and no arrests have been announced.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Hartford Police tip line.