On the night of Thursday, February 17, 2022, 34-year-old Jeffrey Hookz Acoff of Hartford was found unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 40 block of Earle Street after a report of a person shot. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. The Hartford Police Department’s Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions opened an investigation and his death was ruled a homicide.

Acoff, a Norfolk Street resident known as ROC STAR and The Turban Guy, is remembered by family and friends as having a big heart and a captivating smile. A Weaver High School graduate, he was a devoted father to his son Jeffery Acoff III and daughter Jaise Ella Rose Acoff and had been active in sports including taekwondo, football, and baseball.

If anyone has information that could help identify those responsible, please contact the Hartford Police Department.