A neighbor dispute over a small pit bull puppy in Hartford, Connecticut, ended in deadly violence on June 19, 2022. The confrontation at a multi-family home on Franklin Avenue involved an ongoing feud between Nikia Rankins and Christine Dang and escalated when Donovan McFarlane arrived to pick up his three-year-old daughter. Chase Garrett reportedly produced a firearm during the argument.

According to McFarlane’s account to police, Garrett shot Rankins in the neck and stomach; McFarlane, who was also hit in the shoulder, said he fired back and fatally wounded Garrett and Dang. Dang was holding a 4 1/2-month-old baby at the time; the infant was not physically harmed. First responders found Garrett and Dang unresponsive and pronounced them dead at the scene. Rankins was taken to hospital in critical condition, underwent surgery, and died of her injuries on July 1, 2022.

McFarlane left the scene with his daughter before police arrived and was later charged with criminal possession of a firearm and released on bond. The investigation into the triple homicide remains active. Does anyone have additional information about the events on Franklin Avenue that night?