On the night of July 29, 2021, 24-year-old Angelo Joel Lopez was shot and killed on Elliott Street in Hartford. Police were notified around 11 p.m. by a ShotSpotter activation and found Lopez unresponsive in front of a residence with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Hartford Hospital and pronounced dead. A second man later arrived at Saint Francis Hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound; investigators determined he had been shot at the same Elliott Street location.

Investigators recovered 24 shell casings at the scene, evidence of a significant exchange of gunfire, but the circumstances that led to the shooting have not been made public. Lopez, born in Hartford on September 16, 1996, was a father to a son, Gionni Lopez, and was expecting a daughter, Alina Lopez. He enjoyed cars, music, and drawing and is survived by his partner, Madlin Bankers, and a large family.

If anyone has information about what happened on Elliott Street that night, please contact the Hartford Police Major Crimes Division.