In the early hours of Sunday, August 6, 2023, 27-year-old Hakeem Dickson, a Black male from Hartford, Connecticut, was killed in an ambush-style shooting on a porch on Sterling Street, a neighborhood just off Albany Avenue. The city’s ShotSpotter system alerted police to multiple gunshots around 3 a.m.; officers who responded to 82 Sterling Street found Dickson and another man, 23-year-old William Tisdol, with numerous gunshot wounds. One man was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where he later died.

Investigators believe the attack was targeted and involved three shooters. Hartford police say they are following promising leads, but no arrests have been publicly announced in connection with these killings. This was the second fatal shooting in the city within about 90 minutes that night.

If anyone saw activity on Sterling Street around 3 a.m. on August 6, 2023, or has information about the ambush, please contact the Hartford Police Department.